Lionel Messi has given a major interview for the first time since winning the World Cup. In it, the Argentinian superstar spoke about the match against the Dutch national team, Louis van Gaal’s statements and the difficulty of the duels in Qatar. Messi does not see the quarter-final against the the Dutch as the most difficult match Argentina had to play at the World Cup.
Messi spoke extensively on Monday morning Perros de la Calle, an Argentine radio program. In it, the star of Paris Saint-Germain was asked about his reaction to Van Gaal after the quarter-final win against the Netherlands. That turned out to have everything to do with things Juan Román Riquelme, a former midfielder who got into trouble with the Amsterdam coach at Barcelona, told him. “Riquelme has had problems with Van Gaal and we have talked about that. I have often talked to Riquelme anyway.”
Nevertheless, the captain of the world champion regrets his behavior after the match. “I knew all the statements Van Gaal made before the game. Some teammates even came to tell me what he had said. When it was all over in the end, I didn’t like what I had done. It was a moment where the tension There was a lot of nervousness and sometimes you react a little too intensely. I wouldn’t want people to remember me that way, because things like that can happen sometimes.”
The match against the Dutch national team is not the most difficult match he played at the World Cup for Messi. “I think that was the game against Mexico (Argentina had to beat the Mexicans after the defeat against Saudi Arabia to keep an eye out for the next round, ed.). Fortunately, my greatest wish has finally come true. What I would say to a 13-year-old Lionel Messi? That he should never give up on his dreams, because in the end he will get the greatest possible reward for his hard work.”
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