Argentine football great Diego Maradona has lashed out against the Argentina Football Association (AFA) following his country’s poor world cup performances that have left Jorge Sampaoli’s men on the brink of a first group-stage exit since 2002.

A 1-1 draw with Iceland in Argentina’s group d’ opener was followed by a shock 3-nil thumping on Thursday at the hands of Croatia, means that the two-time winners must beat Nigeria in their final match next Tuesday to have any chance of progressing.

Head coach Sampaoli and the argentine football association (AFA) have both come in for strong criticism from Maradonna, who said it is the AFA chairman Claudio Tapia who should take full responsibility for the current disaster of the team.

Maradonna charged that the AFA is ruled by people who don’t know anything about football.