Nico Paz has at least followed in Lionel Messi's footsteps in one sense.
At the age of 21 years and 292 days old, Paz became the second youngest player to start for Argentina in a World Cup game this century. After Messi.
And this appears to be the problem for the precocious talent, who was born in Tenerife but has been schooled to grow up and become the long-term successor to the greatest footballer of all time. Good luck with that, Nico.
Paz, whose mother is Spanish and father is former Argentine star Pablo Paz, was given a rare chance to showcase his skills in this final Group J game against Jordan. Which on the face of it, must have felt like an attractive one.
