FILE PHOTO: Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone before La Liga match against Eibar Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain - May 20, 2018. REUTERS/Juan Medina/File Photo
NIZHNY NOVGOROD (Reuters) - Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone said Argentina look lost and have no leadership after the 3-0 loss to Croatia which left them on the verge of a disastrous early exit from the World Cup, in an audio message leaked to Spanish and Argentine radio stations.
Simeone's sensational tirade, reported to be an audio message sent on mobile platform WhatsApp to Atletico assistant coach German 'Mono' Burgos, emerged hours after Argentina's heaviest defeat in a World Cup group stage since 1958.
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