What is behind the “what are you looking at, fool?” of Messi

LUSAIL, Qatar (Telemundo Atlanta) – Argentine star Lionel Messi showed that he could not only break the net for the Netherlands in the match where the South American squad won 4-3, but that he can also be forceful when speaking.

Before beginning an interview with an Argentine television channel, Messi insulted Wout Weghorst, author of a double that gave the Netherlands a draw.

“What are you looking at, stupid? Go over there,” the Argentine captain said angrily, while the journalist who was interviewing him asked him to calm down.

And that moment that went viral on social networks was just one of a series of confrontations between Messi and his rivals.

The Argentine captain scored two penalties, gave an assist and unloaded on the referee, FIFA, the players and the coach of the Netherlands, after securing Argentina’s passage on Friday through the quarterfinals of the World Cup.

He assisted winger Nahuel Molina with a masterful opening score and then converted a penalty in the second half for the provisional 2-0 lead, with which he equaled striker Gabriel Batistuta’s mark as Argentina’s top scorer in World Cups with 10 goals.

After celebrating with his teammates, Messi stood defiantly in front of the Dutch bench and put both hands to his ears, the gesture of the Topo Gigio mouse that the link Juan Román Riquelme patented two decades ago against his critics.

After the penalty shootout, in which he scored one of the shots, Messi went back to the rivals’ bench and came face to face with coach Louis van Gaal and his assistant Edgar Davids. The Argentine ten opened and closed his hand, in a gesture to indicate that they had talked about more before the game.

Van Gaal had boasted of preventing Messi from touching the ball when they met in the semifinals of the 2014 World Cup, in which the South Americans also won in a penalty shootout.

The European coach also hinted that the key to beating Argentina was to take advantage of Messi’s supposed passivity when his team lost the ball.

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“We suffered too unfairly. Van Gaal sells that he plays football and brought in tall people and began to hit balls, ”Messi declared after the win.

The Argentine star’s fury was also directed against the Spanish referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz for sanctioning a free kick that led to Weghorst’s second goal, when ten minutes of additional time had already expired.

“It was not up to par,” Messi complained.

Messi also pointed against FIFA for arbitration.

“I don’t want to talk about the referee because later they sanction you, you can’t be honest, but I think FIFA should think about all this. You cannot put a referee like that for a similar match, ”he concluded.

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