Argentinian TV hosts hold minute’s silence after 3-0 Croatia defeat at World Cup

Argentina’s defeat against Croatia on Thursday evening seemed like a death knell for their World Cup hopes.

While they still have a mathematical chance of reaching the knockout stages, the 3-0 loss and the earlier 1-1 draw against Iceland has put them in a difficult position.

If Iceland can beat Nigeria on Friday too, it will further damage their hopes of getting out of the group and reaching the last-16. 

The South American side crashed to a shock 3-0 defeat against Croatia at the World Cup

Pundits and presenters alike on TyC Sports marked the defeat with a minute’s silence

Even so, presenters on Argentinian television may have gone a step too far with their post-match reaction.

After Jorge Sampaoli’s men fell to the shock 3-0 loss, unable to recover from a Willy Caballero mistake, they took the on-pitch funereal atmosphere into the TyC Sports studio.

And with Argentina’s hopes fading, they decided to hold a minute’s silence to express their sadness.

There were sombre expressions with slight smiles all around as the presenter and pundits tried to keep a straight face during the silence.

Jorge Sampaoli and his side now need results to go their way to advance from the group

Lionel Messi and Argentina now need a minor miracle over their last game and Friday’s fixtures to get out of the group.

If Iceland fail to beat Nigeria, they will still have a good chance of getting out of the group. But a win for the Scandinavian side would put them in a difficult position.

They would need to hope Croatia can beat Iceland in the last group game and win themselves by a significant margin against Nigeria to advance. 

Lionel Messi was unable to help Argentina as they fell to the defeat in Nizhny Novgorod