World Cup 2018: 5 Coaches That Have Disappointed So Far

#1 Jorge Sampaoli (Argentina)

No coach has come close to matching Smapaoli's incompetence

The standout winner, dignifying Argentina's shoddy, helter-skelter setup with the words "tactics" would be the overstatement of the year.

Nothing from La Albiceleste's displays at the World Cup has suggested that the team is being managed by the same man who led Chile to its first ever Copa America title in 2015 and who was at a point being tipped to become the coach at FC Barcelona.

While Sampaoli was in a very bad situation after leaving Sevilla to take charge of his native country at a trying time during CONMENBOL World Cup qualifiers, his lack of discernible tactics, difficult-to-understand formations and choice of rank average players has made world class players like Lionel Messi look like amateurs.

In the first game against Iceland, despite the deep block and man-marking tactics of the opposition, Sampaoli persisted with playing a formation that forced Messi to come deep to receive the ball and make something happen. The midfield was slow and ponderous while his choice of Willy Caballero as starting goalie added even more problems to an already shaky defence.

The setup against Croatia has to go down as one of the most inept in Argentina's proud World Cup history (topped only by Diego Maradona's against Germany at the 2010 World Cup) as the porous defence, non-existent midfield, and laboured attack contributed to a 3-0 shellacking by the impressive and better-coached Vatreni.

With the game against the Super Eagles of Nigeria representing Sampaoli's last chance to change the team's fortune, it remains to be seen if the multi-tattooed coach will be able to turn the team's fortunes around.