Isco was the man of the match after his hat-trick against Argentina
Argentina started with a win over Italy before the humiliating defeat.
Argentina suffered a shock 6-1 defeat to Spain in an worldwide friendly on Tuesday which saw Lionel Messi walks off from the stands after Isco scored the sixth goal for his side.
After Argentina's humilating 6-1 defeat to Spain, Lionel Messi headed to dressing to address the players with words of encouragement.
Despite injury stopping him from influencing matters on the pitch, the Argentine captain showed his undoubted leadership qualities with a motivational pep talk after the game, in a bid to lift his embarrassed team-mates. We will come through this together.
'To have Messi on the pitch changes many things, ' the former Chelsea striker said.
The five-time Ballon d'Or-winner is known as being generally quite reserved and players were described as "surprised" and "inspired" by the outburst.
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"Argentinians know that Messi is Messi".
He also revealed that Messi had earlier given a half-time talk. I hear that people criticise [him], but Messi deserves preferential treatment because he is the best.
After eventually qualifying for Russian Federation in the final match of qualifying, Argentina were quickly placed in the bracket of potential winners of the World Cup.
Spain ran riot over his side winning 6-1 to put themselves out as one of the favourites for the summer's World Cup.
Adriana Garcia is a Valencia-based football writer who covers La Liga for ESPN FC.
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