PETALING JAYA: Former Inter Milan and Chelsea striker Hernan Crespo believes that Paulo Dybala must be included in the Argentina squad for the World Cup in Russia later this year. Crespo, a veteran of three World Cup campaigns for Argentina, said he cannot understand Argentine manager Jorge Sampaoli's thinking in leaving out Juventus forward Dybala. "It is difficult to understand the mentality of the coach but I think Dybala deserves to go to the World Cup." Argentina lost the 2014 World Cup final 1-0 to Germany in Brazil before suffering penalty shootout defeats to Chile in the 2015 and 2016 Copa America finals. Argentina face Iceland, Croatia and Nigeria in Group D at the World Cup in June.

Source: New Strait Times March 31, 2018 12:03 UTC