Spain 6-1 Argentina: 5 Talking Points

#3 For all the attacking talent, it was Nikolas Otamendi who was a menace in the opposition box

The Argentine got the only consolation on the night for his side.

The headache for Sampaoli, it seemed, would be to find enough players in departments other than in attack. Argentina's issues are often over-simplified to reflect the abundance of forwards in their side. The problem has always been that that you can't field six or seven forwards in a side.

Sergio Aguero, Angel di Maria, Gonzalo Higuain, Paolo Dybala, Mauro Icardi, Javier Pastore, among others, form one of the most lethal attacking units in the world. And of course Leo Messi...

But it seems like the coach took the challenge, we alluded to earlier, a little too seriously because he found a way to field a team with only one legitimate forward in the side, Gonzalo Higuain - whose terrible form for the national side looks set to continue.

Despite the absence of a lot of the names we've mentioned, the Argentine side could've mustered up more forward thinking options in the line-up against Spain.

It was Nikolas Otamendi who managed to make his side's presence in the match felt, by rising highest to head the ball through his Manchester rival David de Gea's hands who, in all honesty, ought to have kept the effort out.

It was the City centre-back who headed the ball against the upright later on in the game as well, while Gonzalo Higuain cut a lone figure up-front for the majority of the ninety.

Jorge Sampaoli has a lot to think about and a lot more to fix before things get serious down in Russia.