Lionel Messi became the world champion for the first time in his career, but Argentina’s path to the main trophy was not easy. Dutchman Vout Weghorst almost knocked out the Albiceleste national team, but at the end of the match in the quarter, he became the object of an unexpected reaction from the captain of the “Cougars”.

Vout Weghorst greatly annoyed Lionel Messi in the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup

Entering the field in the 78th minute, Weghorst scored two goals that allowed the Netherlands to tie (2-2) and send the game to overtime and penalties. As a result, in the penalty shootout, the Argentines won with a score of 4:3.

At the end of the game, the Dutch forward would go to congratulate Messi, but the Argentine’s reaction was unexpected.

“What are you looking at, you fool? What are you looking at, you fool? Come on, get in there! Go there,” Messi said to Weghorst, very nervous.

The former Barcelona player justified his uncontrolled exit, saying Weghorst did not have a professional attitude from the moment he entered the field.

“He challenged us, beat us, said all kinds of things to us. I respect everyone and I want to be respected,” Messi said, referring to the Wot Weghorst incident.

Vaught Wehorst and the glass is half full: “At least now he knows my name”

Almost two weeks later, after Besiktas’ match against Sanliurfaspor (Turkey Cup Round of 16), the Dutchman said he was proud of the way he fought and happy that Messi now knows his name.

“For me, when I’m on the field, everyone is the same. It doesn’t matter if I play against Messi or Burak (Sanliurfaspor player, third league of Turkey), I will fight with everything I have. I think Messi was surprised by the way we fought, he didn’t like it.

I have a lot of respect for him, I think he is one of the best players in history. In the end, I wanted to show him how much I respect him, but he didn’t agree, he was still angry with me. Now I take it as a good thing, at least he knows my name” – Wout Wehorstquoted by A Spor.