This quarter-final between the Argentinian and the Netherlands will mark the history of this 2022 World Cup, but not really for good reasons. Remake of the 2014 World Cup semi-final, this shock was tense from the first to the last minute. No less than 16 yellow cards and one red were issued by the match referee. Unheard of since the famous Portugal-Netherlands of the 2006 World Cup (16 yellow cards but also 4 red cards).
The actors of the match did not stop there and they continued to exchange pleasantries on the way to the locker room. It was then that we witnessed an extremely rare scene. Usually so discreet, Lionel Messi was about to give an interview to the Argentinian channel TyC Sports when he lost his temper when he saw Wout Weghorst. “What are you looking at, silly?” Go over there ! » Visibly very annoyed, the number 10 of the Albiceleste then chained by pushing a huge rant on the refereeing of the match.
Messi saw red
A very surprising scene which disappointed Weghorst, who simply wanted to chat with the South American star. “I have a lot of respect for him as a football player, but he slapped me and wouldn’t talk to me. My Spanish isn’t very good, but he said a few not very respectful words to take with me. It was very disappointing. » Today the newspaper Ole was able to speak with the journalist who was interviewing Messi, Esteban Edul. And this is what he saw.
“After the game, they were all bickering in the locker room, not just Messi. Van Dijk was falling out with Otamendi. It looked like a Lanus-Banfield or a Newel’s-Central (hot derbies of the Argentine championship, editor’s note), but it had more mouth because they were world stars. Most of Messi’s anger was about the penalty shootout, when the Dutch bothered the Argentines. (…) The 19 (Weghorst, editor’s note) was waiting in the tunnel. he approaches Messi and asks him for his jersey. It was from there that Leo started to warm up. The Dutch player didn’t understand, he stopped and Messi insulted him. He insulted her much more before the start of the interview during which he was a little calmer. Leo did not calculate me at any time during the interview. He was so hot he didn’t look at me or listen to my questions. I asked him about his incredible pass for Molina and he told me about Van Gaal, FIFA… I couldn’t ask him. At one point, while we were on the air, I said to him: “quiet Leo” because there were a lot of people from FIFA and you never know what can happen. It’s a memory that will live on forever. » We do want to believe it…
