Messi`s Penalty Miss Not to Blame for Draw with Iceland: Maradona

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Argentina's Lionel Messi controls the ball during their international friendly soccer match between Russia and Argentina at Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Nov. 11, 2017. AP

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Diego Maradona says Lionel Messi`s second-half penalty miss was not the reason Argentina failed to defeat Iceland at the World Cup on Saturday.

Messi saw his spot-kick saved by goalkeeper Hannes Por Halldorsson after Alfred Finnbogason had canceled out Sergio Aguero's 19th-minute opener.

"I don't blame the players," Maradona told Venezuelan television channel Telesur.

Read: Ronaldo and Messi Three Goals and One Failed Penalty

"I could blame the lack of work rate. But I can't blame the players, much less Messi, who gave it all he had.

"I missed five penalties on the spin and I was still Diego Armando Maradona. I don't think that they dropped two points because Messi missed a penalty."

Argentina take on Croatia on Thursday before their final group game against Nigeria next week.

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