Lionel Messi could not prevent Argentina from losing 3-0 to Croatia tonight

Zabaleta is working as a pundit for BBC for the World Cup after being left out of the Argentina squad.

And on his first live TV appearance of the tournament, the West Ham right-back saw his country fall to a heavy 3-0 defeat.

Goalkeeper Willy Caballero made a shocking error to give Croatia the lead, before Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic wrapped up the win.

Zabaleta says he cannot remember a performance from Argentina like that for a long time and was surprised by the lack of impact Messi had in the second half especially.