Press incensed by Croatian 'catastrophe'

Argentina's media stuck the boot into Lionel Messi and his teammates on Thursday, branding the team's World Cup defeat to Croatia a "catastrophe" and a "humiliation".

Argentina faces the prospect of an embarrassing first-round exit in Russia after suffering a 3-0 loss to the Croatians in Nizhny Novgorod, which left it with just one point from two games.

For Argentina's press, the result was too much to bear.