A little over three months after the World Cup final in Qatar, unpublished images continue to appear. In this case, it is a moment immortalized for all Argentines: the “what are you looking at, stupid?” from Lionel Messi to Wout Weghorst after the spicy quarter-final duel against the Netherlands.
The match had heated up compared to the previous one due to the statements of coach Van Gaal, to whom Messi dedicated a Topo Gigio anthology, and the story reached its climax during the penalty shoot-out, in which several Dutch went to rush Lautaro Martínez and other Argentine footballers.
After the meeting, ready to speak for the Argentinian camera, Leo exploded when he saw Weghorst and blurted his: “What are you looking at, stupid? What are you looking at? Go, go there…”. What hadn’t been seen was what was happening on the other side and now that precise moment has appeared in a fragment of the World Cup footage presented by FIFA.
“It’s one of the most dramatic nights so far in the most dramatic of the World Cups,” says the voice-over as the images show Weghorst, yelling something at Messi and gesturing. The Argentine captain is ready to talk to the press but at one point he sees him and looks at him. It’s the origin of the phrase that then became a T-shirt, became a song, a tattoo and more.
Indeed, Weghorst stares at Messi as he speaks – with an unattractive face – and it is then that Leo invites him to circulate in a perfect Rosary. Previously, he had also quarreled with Lautaro Martínez and Kun Agüero.
What Messi and Weghorst said
The first to mention the crossing was Leo, still warm due to the attitude of the Dutch forward, who came off the bench and scored twice in the agony of the European Championship. “The 19th since he came on has begun to provoke and it seems to me that this is not part of football” Leo threw.
after his Weghorst gave his version: “I wanted to shake his hand after the match, I have a lot of respect for him as a footballer. But he threw my hand to the side and didn’t want to talk to me. My Spanish isn’t very good but he said disrespectful words to me and that made me feel disappointed. Really disappointing.” However, from these new images that have become known, It is clear that the Dutchman’s intention was not to have a pleasant chat with the Argentine 10…
Source: Clarin
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