Diego Maradona has jumped to Lionel Messi’s defence his failed penalty cost Argentina a win over Iceland at the World Cup on Saturday.
The star had high hopes for his World Cup opening game but his dreams were thwarted after Iceland’s Hannes Halldorsson denied his 63rd-minute spot kick in Moscow.
The Argentines hoped to secure a victory over the World Cup debutantes, but Sergio Aguero’s superb strike was cancelled out by Alfred Finnbogason’s equaliser.