A furious Diego Maradona has requested a meeting with the Argentina team ahead of their crunch final World Cup group game against .
Argentina were humiliated 3-0 by Croatia on Thursday, leaving them in a very precarious position in their group with just one match remaining.
and Co currently sit bottom of Group D with just one point, two below Nigeria in second and five adrift of Croatia ahead of the final round of fixtures.
Jorge Sampaoli's side need to win against Nigeria on Tuesday and hope that Iceland - on the same number of points as Argentina - do not beat Croatia to progress to the last-16 of the World Cup.
And Maradona, who managed Argentina at the 2010 World Cup and was in attendance as they fell to defeat on Thursday, says he would 'love to hold a meeting' with the current team and invite former players to inspire the struggling side.
'I would love to hold a meeting with them, with (Nery) Pumpido, with (Sergio) Goycochea, with (Claudio) Caniggia, with (Pedro) Troglio, even with (Daniel) Passarella if he wants to come, and with (Jorge) Valdano,' he told Venezuelan TV channel Telesur.
'It cost us too much to be where we are for Croatia to hit us for three goals and to leave with our arms crossed without putting a foot in. We're going to defend our honour.
'I'm furious and very upset inside, because anyone who has worn that shirt can't see it being trampled like that by a Croatian team that isn't Germany, that isn't Brazil, that isn't Holland or Spain.'
Despite expressing his anger at the squad for their disappointing performances, which also included a 1-1 draw with Iceland, Maradona has aimed most of the blame at the Argentine Football Association president Claudio Tapia.
Maradona added: 'But there is a guilty party and the culprit is the president of the AFA. Everyone just accepted it when Sampaoli came in with computers, with drones, with 14 assistants.
'I think there is a total lack of authority on Tapia's part.'
-Dailymail