The former coach of the Dutch national team, Louis Van Gaal, believes that the 2022 World Cup has been arranged so that Lionel Messi wins with Argentina. Before reaching the final, Messi et al had to face the Dutch national team in the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup. Messi managed to lead the Argentine national team to beat the Netherlands via a penalty shootout with a score of 4-3.
In the duel against the Netherlands, Messi was in the spotlight. The reason is, the player nicknamed La Pulga was involved in tension with Louis van Gaal and Wout Weghorst. Messi was caught on camera approaching Louis van Gaal who was on the sidelines, after the 2022 World Cup quarter-final match. The former Barcelona player was seen talking to Lous van Gaal.
Edgar Davids, who is the Dutch assistant coach, came to mediate the tense situation between Messi and Van Gaal. Apart from that, when he wanted to conduct an interview with Argentinian media, TyC Sports, Messi also sent off Dutch player, Wout Weghorst. “What are you looking at, idiot. Go away, stupid,” Messi said to Weghorst in an annoyed tone in front of the television cameras.
After various dramas against the Netherlands, Messi played against France in the 2022 World Cup final. As a result, Argentina managed to win against France through a penalty shootout with a score of 4-2. This is Lionel Messi’s first World Cup trophy. La Pulga also won the World Cup for the third time.
However, Louis van Gaal did not seem happy with Messi’s achievement in winning the 2022 World Cup. The former Man United coach saw that Argentina had been given concessions during their performance at the 2022 World Cup.
“I don’t want to say much about this,” said Louis van Gaal, who resigned as coach of the Netherlands after the 2022 World Cup. “When you see how Argentina scored goals and the way we scored goals, and how a number of Argentine players crossed the line and were not punished, I think everything was planned,” he said.
According to Louis van Gaal, there is an element of intent so that Messi is given the 2022 World Cup title with Argentina. “I seriously said it all. Messi must win the World Cup? Yes, I think so,” he said.
