Lionel Messi has opened up on his sole remorse from Argentina’s victorious World Cup marketing campaign, expressing his regret over the ugly scenes that unfolded of their quarterfinal win over the Netherlands.
The Paris Saint-Germain star celebrated his penalty within the 73rd minute of the sport by working over to Netherlands supervisor Louis Van Gaal and cupping his fingers to his ears.
Van Gaal had mentioned forward of the match that Messi “does not play much with the opponent when he has possession of the ball”, suggesting that the Argentinian did little to assist his teammates in defence.
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Van Gaal additionally mentioned that within the 2014 World Cup semi-final, the final World Cup assembly of the 2 nations, Messi “didn’t touch a ball”.
Messi informed reporters after the match that he felt “disrespected” by the embellished coach’s remarks.
“I don’t like talk like that before matches,” he mentioned.
“He shouldn’t have spoken in the way that he did.”
The conflict between the 2 World Cup heavyweights noticed tensions boil over, with defensive midfielder Leandro Paredes at one level blasting the ball within the course of the Dutch bench, earlier than Dutch captain Virgil van Dijk knocked him to the bottom.
Messi himself additionally reportedly shouted at Dutch goalscorer Wout Weghourst throughout a post-game interview: “What are you looking at fool?
“Get back there.”
More than a month after Argentina’s eventual victory on the World Cup, Messi has opened up on the ugly scenes that marred his first World Cup in 5 makes an attempt.
“I didn’t like what I did, I didn’t like what happened after,” he mentioned.
“These are moments of nervousness and everything happens so quickly.
“People react the way they react.”
In the remainder of the interview, Messi mentioned he was picked by the World Cup itself to be lifted.
“The cup called out to me, it told me: come and grab me, now you can touch me,” Messi informed the Argentine Urbana Play radio station.
“I saw it sparkling in that beautiful stadium and I didn’t hesitate” to kiss it, he added.
Messi lastly lifted the trophy in his fifth and remaining World Cup, having misplaced within the 2014 remaining to Germany.
He additionally performed in three dropping Copa America finals earlier than lastly clinching that trophy in 2021.
“After so much suffering and lost finals, God kept it for me,” he mentioned.
He turned the primary Argentina captain since Diego Maradona in 1986 to carry the World Cup.
“I would have liked Maradona to hand me the cup, so he could at least see Argentina champions.”
Maradona died of a coronary heart assault two years in the past.
“From up above he gave me strength, as did so many people who love me,” mentioned Messi.
Speculation as to when the four-time Champions League winner will hold up the boots is rife, now that the one trophy that has at all times eluded him has been secured.
He admitted that the tip was shut after a glory-laden profession that noticed him additionally win 10 La Liga crowns with Barcelona, a Ligue 1 trophy with Paris Saint-Germain, in addition to the Ballon d’Or a report seven instances.
“That’s it, there’s nothing left, I’ve achieved everything with the national team, with Barcelona, individually,” he mentioned.
With AFP
Source: www.news.com.au
