The Argentine gave an interview in which he said he didn’t like leaving that image behind after the match against the Netherlands in the World Cup.
Lionel Messi fought with everything until he achieved his goal at the World Cup in Qatar in 2022. At the helm of the Argentina team, he managed to lift the trophy after beating France in a spectacular finale, although along the way he recorded a few moments that brought out his South American side.
One of these cases occurred during the duel for the quarter-finals against the Netherlands. After a few tense moments on the pitch and winning on penalties, the current PSG player had a moment where he overflowed .
It happened in the mixed zone where one of the Cup’s most memorable dialogues took place. When speaking with TYC Sports, he faced off against Wout Weghorst. “What are you looking silly? he said twice. “Go ahead, fool ”.
Of course, now with more composure, Messi has made it clear that this is one of the things he regrets due to the range he has. This was stated in an interview with the Perros de la Calle program on the Urbana Play radio station.
“I hadn’t thought of it, it just came out . Yes, he knew everything they commented on before the game, what he (Van Gaal) commented on. Even some of my classmates would say “you saw what he said” on purpose. Well, when it all ends I don’t like what I did, I don’t like the “go ahead” and all that . But OK, These are times of great tension, a lot of nervousness and everything is going very fast. Leo explained.
“You react as you react, but nothing was planned. It gave I don’t like to leave this image but these are things that happen too “, he added.
Moreover, he indicated that he didn’t see the match again and explained how he felt about Diego Maradona back then. “I’ve seen summaries, games, people’s celebrations when you’re world champions, but the final itself, the 90 minutes, I haven’t seen them again,” he said.
As for Pelusa, he maintained that “I wish that, if he didn’t give me the Cup, he at least saw all this. I think from above, he and many people who love me were strong, not only for this but for everything in general ”.
In contrast, he confessed what his feelings were when he kissed the World Cup trophy after being recognized as the Cup’s best player.I saw her there and I couldn’t help doing what I did. The Cup called me. He said to me ‘That’s it, come and get me so you can touch it’. I saw her there shining, that she was scary in this beautiful stadium and I didn’t think about it, I went to kiss her because I was passing by. I needed it ”.
Messi also showed the more familiar side by highlighting how he experienced this moment accompanied by his family. “It has been an incredible month for me and my family. Thiago was crazy. See how he enjoyed it, how he felt it, how he suffered…because after the match against the Netherlands, he cried. Or Mateo doing the math after the game we lost against Arabia. Ciro is the one who understands the least, but the other two have experienced it as fans. Suffer, live it fully, enjoy it. Even when we came back to Paris, we missed the days in Qatar. We had a great time,” he said.
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