Wout Weghorst, the Dutchman who Messi called “silly” after qualifying, spoke: “I was disappointed”

Wout Weghorst, scorer of the brace for the Netherlands against Argentina in the defeat on penalties of the European Championships in the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Qatar, expressed today before leaving the Concentrate that he felt “disappointed” by the treatment he received by giving up Lionel Messi a game end

“I wanted to shake his hand later, I have a lot of respect for him as a footballer, but he threw my hand to his side and didn’t want to talk to me,” said Weghorst, the 30-year-old striker. and an important height of 1, he told the press as farewell 0.97 meters, he plays for Turkey’s Besiktas.

But that wasn’t all for the forward, who came into the second half like a nightmare for the Argentine defence: “My Spanish isn’t very good but he said disrespectful words to me and that disappointed me.”

The situation to which the Dutchman is alluding occurred when Messi was giving an interview near the changing rooms and in between he exchanged words with Weghorst, to which he said “What are you looking at, fool, what are you looking at, fool, go, go there , fool, go there.”

Weghorst, formerly of Germany’s Wolfsburg and England’s Burnley, came on in the 78th minute for Memphis Depay. scoring the two goals, which tied the match 2-2 and forced, after the tie was maintained in extra time, a penalty shoot-out in which Argentina won.

Why Messi got mad at 19

After the ban, the Argentina national team captain gave a few more details about why he exploded against Wout Weghorst.

“The 19-year-old has spent his time saying things since he joined. I always respect everyone, but I like that they respect me too. The fever of the moment, of the game and stay there,” he replied. “Things happened that should have been avoided but hey, that’s normal for a quarter-final match,” he continued.

Messi also met the Dutch coach, who in the previous one had said that Argentina played in 10 when defending because 10 did not participate. “Van Gaal says he plays well and only hits the big shots with balls,” he said.

Sergio “Kun” Agüero was one of those who stopped the 19th when he was about to face Messi. “He was there, we were going in and he started saying Messi, Messi, Leo looks at him and says that, the boy told him ‘he came here’. I went in there and I told him ‘shut up’, close the garden” he told ESPN. “Good luck, tomato,” added the former national team player.