'The field was a disaster' - Argentina stars fume at state of the pitch for Copa America opener

"It's been a long time since we've done this," Messi said through a translator, "but we had patience to retain possession of the ball and it was hard to find the good open spaces."

"The field was a disaster," Martínez said. "It seems like a springboard with the ball jumping. They need to improve this. If not, Copa America will always be at lower level than the Euro."

"Thank goodness we won. Otherwise it would have been a cheap excuse," Scaloni said.

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