The gunner, who rose to international prominence after being reprimanded by the Argentina star, scored a goal in the Red Devils’ rout at Nottingham Forest.
In Manchester, they are happy with Wout Weghorst. The footballer, who rose to international prominence after being called “stupid” by Lionel Messi, scored in United’s 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest in the EFL Cup semi-final. It is the first Dutch goal for the Red Devils, who signed him after his display at Qatar 2022.
The shooter catches a rebound left by goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey, after an Antony shot. Other goals of the day came from Marcus Rashford and Bruno Fernandes. After the match, the coach of the winning team, Erik ten Hag, praised the striker’s work: “He’s been involved in goals in previous games, but the strikers aren’t happy if they don’t don’t score, so that helps his confidence.”
The Manchester United player is back in England after a half at Besiktas in Turkey. Previously he was active in Emmen, Heracles Almelo and Alkmaar of the Netherlands; Wolfsburg, from Germany; and at Burnley, also from the Premier League.
Of course it was his conflict with Lionel Messi which earned him recognition around the world. Despite the fact that in this match between his team and Argentina he scored a brace, the reaction of the trans-Andean star was more viral. It was in a post-match interview, with Argentinian channel TyC Sports, when he faced him. “What are you looking at, silly?” he said. twice. “Go ahead, fool,” he continued.
Wout Weghorst said he was disappointed with the attitude of the Albiceleste captain. “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 wouldn’t talk to me. My Spanish isn’t very good, but I know he said disrespectful words to me and I’m really disappointed,” he said.
Far from being left behind, the exchange between the striker and Lionel Messi continues to be talked about. So much so that a few days ago, in Argentina, The Martín Ferro prize was awarded to the captain of the world champions, in the category of “Best two digital viral minutes”.
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