Wout Weghorst accuses Messi of being ‘disrespectful’ at World Cup quarterfinal

Football
Published 12.12.2022
Wout Weghorst accuses Messi of being ‘disrespectful’ at World Cup quarterfinal

Argentina reached the FIFA World Cup 2022 semifinal with a victory over the Netherlands within the penalty shootout and now eyes are on its fixture with final version’s runner-up Croatia. But the post-match actions of Argentina gamers towards the Dutch gamers and coach Louis van Gaal have turn into a speaking level that refused to die down.

Lionel Messi uncharacteristically argued with the referee, mocked the Netherlands gamers, after which took on van Gaal and on stay tv stated to the Netherlands participant Wout Weghorst: ‘What are you looking, fool, go away’.

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Coming as an alternative, Weghorst scored two late targets to degree the rating for the Netherlands within the stoppage time. But Argentina prevailed over the Netherlands 4-3 within the penalties and secured its place within the final 4.

“I wanted to shake his hand after the game. I have a lot of respect for him as a football player, but he threw my hand to his side and did not want to talk to me. My Spanish is not very good, but he said disrespectful words and that disappoints me,” Weghorst informed the Dutch media.

In the combined zone once more, Messi and Weghorst met and each had been separated by Enzo Fernandez, Lautaro Martínez and Kun Aguero.

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FIFA has opened a disciplinary case towards Argentina for its gamers’ actions throughout a contentious World Cup quarterfinal match towards the Netherlands.

The soccer governing physique cited “order and security at matches” in its disciplinary code for charging the Argentina soccer federation.