Lionel Messi has opened up about the conditions at the Estadio Monumental de Maturín as Argentina stumbled against Edson Castillo's Venezuela.
The defending World champions battled to a 1-1 draw against Venezuela in a 2026 World Cup qualifier on Thursday night.
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The pitch had been heavily affected by the rain fall in Maturin, which forced an initial delay of kick-off before the teams were allowed to enter the field.
Nicolas Otamendi gave Argentina the lead but Salomon Rondon rescued a point for the home side in the second half.
"It was very difficult, it makes for very ugly matches," said Messi to TyC after the game.
"We could not complete two passes in a row. In the second half we did it on the right a little more, but it is difficult to play like that. Very little is played."
"We tied because the field didn't help us do what we wanted, we had to do another game than the one prepared for.
"But we were prepared because we fought, won the battles, played with the error of the rival. We couldn't risk much by playing with passes to the back. In the first half we made a couple passes to the back and the water would stop it, and complicated it. We did the game we could with the water."
