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The documentary “Written in the stars” goes into the tunnel with Messi and reconstructs one of the most iconic scenes in the World Cup. (Credit: FIFA)
The official FIFA film on the Qatar World Cup showed a different angle of the fight between Lionel Messi and Dutch striker Wout Weghorst, who immortalized the phrase “What are you looking at, fool? go there”.
In the documentary, which bears the name Written in the stars, Messi can be seen entering the tunnel to the changing rooms, hugging Rodrigo de Paul, after what was the hottest clash of the World Cup. In the path, Weghorst tries to greet the Argentine captain, who completely ignores him.
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After the push, the current Manchester United attacker moved aside and with a lot of anger he began to yell things at Messi I was about to give an interview.
Messi and the journalist Gastón Edul, protagonists of a unique moment in the World Cup with the phrase “Que mirás bobo”.
FIFA images show the fury on the face of Weghorst, who felt it was seriously disrespectful that Messi did not greet him.
What happened next is a well-known story: in the middle of an interview with the journalist Gastón Edul, Messi rebuked Weghorst with the famous phrase “What are you looking at, fool? go there”, and that remained as one of the most iconic moments of the World Cup in Qatar.
The player from the Netherlands who Messi called “stupid” showed his disappointment: “I just wanted to shake his hand”
Wout Weghorst, author of the two goals for the Netherlands against Argentina, said before leaving the concentration in Qatar that felt “disappointed” for the treatment he gave him Lionel Messi at the end of the match.
Wout Weghorst, author of the two goals for the Netherlands against Argentina, expressed before leaving the concentration in Qatar that he felt “disappointed” by the treatment that Lionel Messi gave him at the end of the match.. (Sources: AP and EFE photos )
“I wanted to shake hands laterI have a lot of respect for him as a soccer player, but he threw my hand to his side and didn’t want to talk to me,” the 30-year-old striker told reporters.
After the match, he expressed his disappointment with Lionel Messi’s sayings: “My Spanish is not very good, but He said disrespectful words to me and that disappointed me”.
