duel between Argentina and the Netherlands made history. It wasn’t an exciting match for a last-minute draw. Wout Weghorst The definition in the penalty shootout, where the South American team won, also prevailed because of what happened in the mixed zone.
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Lionel MessiAs he prepared to give an interview, he became the focus of discussion precisely because he insulted the forward Weghorst. “What are you looking at stupid?” The Argentine repeated several times before a dialogue with a journalist. He was offended until he resolved everything with another sentence: “Go there.”
(Video of the fight between Messi and the Dutch player)
After what happened, Messi told Weghorst, the author of the Dutch goals, about his fever. “Since he turned 19, he has provoked, shocked us, told us things and it’s not part of football, I always respect everyone and they didn’t respect us,” said the PSG player.
Eyewitness Sergio ‘Kun’ Agüero said that Messi noticed his dissatisfaction with the Dutch player and confronted him. “He said to me ‘come here’ (come here). That’s when I jumped up and said ‘shut up’. I told him ‘shut up or…’ Why was he talking (with Messi) if he knew the topic was hot?”
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After the discussion, which brought up the discussion in the mixed area, Weghorst broke the silence and told what happened.
According to Weghorst, he never called Messi to provoke him and said he was completely disappointed with Lionel Messi’s attitude.
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“After the match, I wanted to shake his hand. As a football player, I respect him very much. but he threw my hand to the side and didn’t want to talk to me.”
My Spanish isn’t very good, but he said disrespectful words to me and that disappointed me. It really disappoints me.”
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