Netherlands World Cup star Wout Weghorst has opened up on his conflict with Lionel Messi after their quarter-final defeat to Argentina.
The 2 nations confronted off in a extremely fractious World Cup quarter-final in Qatar, which noticed the South American facet triumph 4-3 on penalties after the match completed 2-2 after regular time and additional time.
Argentina had been cruising to victory with 10 minutes left – earlier than two objectives from Weghorst, together with an A hundred and first-minute equaliser which was arguably one of many objectives of the event after a nicely labored free kick – levelled the tie.
Wout Weghorst (R) broke his silence on his conflict with Lionel Messi (L) through the World Cup
There have been a number of flashpoints through the conflict because it heated up, with Argentina’s gamers celebrating within the faces of the Dutch after the sport, resulting in an altercation which had Holland wing-back Denzel Dumfries despatched off following full-time.
Messi continued the dangerous blood after the match as he ran over to the Holland bench, jumped up after which copied the ‘Topo Gigio’ celebration, standing up together with his open fingers cupped behind his ears, the standard celebration of compatriot Juan Roman Riquelme, who used it in homage to the titular character of an Italian TV present from the Sixties involving puppets.
After the match, the ahead stated: ‘I really feel disrespected by Van Gaal after his pre-game feedback and a few Dutch gamers spoke an excessive amount of through the recreation.’
Messi reportedly known as Weghorst an ‘fool’ within the tunnel in one among many flashpoints within the recreation
Argentina’s gamers celebrated within the faces of Holland’s after the ill-tempered quarter-final
He additionally had a coming along with Weghorst within the tunnel, with Messi reportedly shouting at Weghorst: ‘Anda Palla, Bobo’ – translating to ‘Maintain shifting, fool!’
Burnley loanee Weghorst returned to motion together with his membership facet Besiktas on Wednesday, scoring of their 4-2 win over Sanliurfaspor within the Turkish Cup.
And, following the sport, the goal man opened up on his skirmish with Messi through the fiery final eight encounter in Qatar.
Weghorst joked that a minimum of Messi ‘now knew his identify’ so he a minimum of ‘did one thing proper’
Weghorst had earlier scored two late objectives to degree the sport and take the tie into additional time
‘I at all times give the whole lot and I did the identical within the quarter-final,’ he advised Dutch outlet De Telegraaf. ‘I fought in opposition to Messi and there have been a number of moments between us.’
‘I feel he didn’t prefer it and that it shocked him. However I’ve a whole lot of respect for him. He’s among the many biggest of all time.’
Weghorst appeared to insist their conflict was a misunderstanding, and noticed the humorous facet of the altercation with the now-World Cup winner.
He continued: ‘I needed to indicate my respect for Messi after the sport, however he didn’t need it.
‘I feel he was nonetheless offended with me. Oh nicely, I see it as an incredible praise that he is aware of my identify now. Then a minimum of I did one thing proper.’
