2023-12-12 10:37:32
The triumph of the Argentine National Team against the Netherlands in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar still leaves room to cut. The story began before the game and continued some time later with Lionel Messi and Van Gaal as the protagonists. The thing is that the coach had already warmed up the previous game by saying La Pulga doesn’t play much with his rival when he has possession of the ball. But that was not all, in September, he redoubled the bet and stated that FIFA prepared the Cup for Inter Miami’s number 10 to win. And, in that sense, the Rosario star responded again.
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“It bothers me when people talk off the field and disrespect their rival. I was never like that. A million things can happen on the field and it stays there. Before the game, I never did it and I don’t like it when they do it to me. I think (Van Gaal) did it a bit on purpose, the goalkeeper had also spoken. “I don’t like those things,” Messi said in the first episode of the Campeones series.
The Argentine number 10 crossed paths with Van Gaal (Photo: AFP)
What Messi said about the famous gesture that traveled the world: the “Topo Gigio”
“El Topo Gigio was born to me there and I automatically regretted it. As soon as I did it I said ‘what an idiot (sic), what do I have to do. The only thing missing is that we don’t win.’ Those things tend to happen,” Leo explained.
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“His statement had bothered me. Because when I won the Ballon d’Or and said what I said, I really meant it. And for him to speak the way he spoke, he bothered me. Afterwards we crossed paths, talked and agreed that it was a misunderstanding. I dribbled at him again because it was him. I was upset, I thought what he said didn’t fit. He was hot. Then he went to Barcelona, we talked a lot about the club, the city and everything turned out well.”
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Before Messi said that, La Pulga had said the following: “I want to tell Robert that it is an honor to fight with him. “Everyone agreed that last year you were the winner and I think France Football should give you your Ballon d’Or, I think you deserve it, you won it last year.” To which Lewandowski responded: “I would have liked his words to be honest and not something empty.”
How the fight between Messi and Van Gaal was born
In the match between the Argentine National Team and the Netherlands, Messi challenged the Dutch team’s substitute bench when he approached and celebrated his penalty goal by doing the Topo Gigio. Clearly, it was a gesture against the Dutch coach Louis van Gaal, who during the week had criticized the Rosario star.
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“Messi is the most dangerous player, but he doesn’t play much when the opponent has possession of the ball,” Van Gaal said this week. Those words bothered Leo, who celebrated the goal in his face, then went to look for him after the game and at a press conference he attacked: “Van Gaal sells that he plays football well and today he hit balls.”
“I like that they respect us and Van Gaal didn’t do it with us,” Messi said after the game, to make clear his enormous discomfort with the experienced coach.
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