‘Only cowards play cackwards’ — Martinez blasts Argentina after Spain defeat

Argentina goalkeeper, Emiliano Martinez, warned his teammates that they were blameworthy of employing cowardly tactics during their World Cup last nonaccomplishment to Spain.

Argentina’s travel to a 2nd consecutive last had been marked by an indomitable tone and an aggressive, high-energy benignant of play, with skipper Lionel Messi serving arsenic the team’s catalyst.

However, Lionel Scaloni’s squad appeared arsenic a specified shadiness of their existent selves connected Sunday evening, being easy outplayed by a Spanish team.

The signs of occupation were evident successful the archetypal half, wherever Argentina failed to grounds a azygous changeable connected Unai Simon’s goal.

The concern did not amended aft halftime, arsenic the Spanish goalkeeper remained unchallenged, adjacent aft Martinez explicitly informed his teammates that their tactics were playing into the hands of the Spanish side.

“Come on, with heart, boys, hey,” the Aston Villa goalkeeper urged during a code astatine halftime.

“Playing with bosom means pushing forward, not retreating; it means advancing. Forward, forward, forward, forward.

“Cowards p...