‘What are you looking at, fool’, Lionel Messi’s viral phrase engraved in a Galician monastery for 400 years

Although the quarterfinal match between Argentina and the Netherlands was already far from the joy of the world title, no one can forget the phrase “What are you looking at, stupid” What he said Lionel Messi to the Dutchman Wout Weghorst. But there is a fact that very few know: those very words They have been engraved for 400 years in a Galician monastery.

The discovery was published in the newspaper The avant-gardefrom Spain, which showed the image of the phrase found in a mythical place from the 16th century.

Visitors who look at one of the medallions where the ribs meet in the Gothic cloister will see that in one of them there is an inscription on the stone that says exactly the same sentence that Messi uttered: “What are you looking at, fool.”

The phrase, as Leo said it, is set in stone Samos monastery, in Lugo, located on the Camino to Santiago. And although to many it seems like a joke from whoever wrote it now due to the importance of Messi’s outburst, from the place itself they confirmed that it has been there for a long time.

Although it is not known exactly who is behind the inscription, the official website of the Monastery of Samos assures it it is believed that it could be a joke on the visitors by the stonemason Pedro Rodrigues who took care of the reconstruction of the monastery between 1562 and 1582, changing the Romanesque style into the Gothic one.

Where is the Abbey of Samos

The Monastery, according to the information on the site itself, is located 43 km from Lugo, 12 km from Sarria, 34 from Piedrafita del Cebrero and 43 from Monforte de Lemos.

The place is open to the public and has guided tours two to four times a day. Admission is free, but a contribution of around 5 euros is required for “the maintenance of this huge building (14,000 m2) and of the monastic community. It is not clear whether during the visit you can see the inscription that everyone was talking about in the world during Qatar 2022.

Messi’s sentence for Weghorst

Wout Weghorst was one of the main protagonists of the dramatic quarter-final match in which the Argentina national team beat the Netherlands on penalties after leading 2-0: he started on the bench and was booked before coming on, scored both goals that set up those led by Louis Van Gaal and a penalty in the definition, but will be remembered for the fight with Messi.

The Dutch striker was the recipient of the phrase which immediately became a meme and also a shirt. Messi wrote it as soon as the game was over: “What are you looking at, fool. Go there, fool.”

This sequence occurred as the Argentine captain and emblem was about to give an interview to TyC Sports. The Dutch forward recounted that at that moment, after the final heat after the Argentine’s victory on penalties, he approached the Rosario to try and greet him but his reaction surprised him.

Then the target spoke about that moment and recalled: “After the match I wanted to show Messi my respect for him, but it wasn’t very clear. At least now my name has been learned,” he said.