3 things Argentina got wrong in the 3-0 loss to Croatia

#1 Lack of confidence and spending too much time on the ball

Caballero had a shocker

If you're looking at Willy Caballero to transform into Ederson, you're barking up the wrong tree. Caballero was lucky to have escaped without much tribulation after gifting Iceland a great chance towards the beginning of their campaign opener, with his severely substandard passing.

Today, he was at it again. In the first half, Caballero tried to initiate an attack from the back by passing the ball across to his left to Tagliafico. But the goalkeeper sold the defender short and Tagliafico got there just in time to deny Mandzukic a clear goalscoring opportunity.

His ridiculous mistake led to the first goal of the night. Mercado was being hot-tailed by Rebic and the defender passed the ball back to Caballero before wheeling away to the flank to receive the pass back. Caballero received the ball and tried to dink it to Mercado but ended up chipping the ball straight up in the air and straight into Rebic's path.

The Croatian forward had no qualms about burying the ball in the back of the net as he punished Caballero with a thumping strike.

Argentina have a mountain to climb. Their players already lack the kindof confidence to dispatch the ball to a teammate quickly enough. If today's performance was anything to go by, you could say that Argentina's campaign looks well and truly over.