Messi drags Argentina and then explodes: “If I speak they punish me, FIFA has to think”

I’Argentina it’s in the semifinals there world Cup after a dramatic match withNetherlands – ended only in the penalty shootout – and will now face the Croatia, which surprisingly eliminated Brazil. Scaloni’s team let themselves be carried away by the captain and leader Leo Messi, protagonist with a wonderful assist for Molina in the first half and then with an impeccably transformed penalty kick in the second half for the 2-0 that seemed to have ended the games. Instead, Weghorst’s brace for the Dutch took the match into extra time, then went to penalties, where once again the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner did not betray, scoring the first penalty of the decisive sequence.

Anyone who thought that a cheerful and relaxed Messi, winner of another Man of the Match award in these Cups, would appear after the match would be wrong. The 35-year-old PSG striker was really furious and threw his head at the Spanish referee Lahoz, considered absolutely incapable for such an important match🇧🇷I don’t want to talk about the referee, I can’t say what I think or be honest because if I talk they’ll sanction me, FIFA has to think about it. You can’t put a referee who isn’t up to it for such an important match. It wasn’t a game that should have gone to extra time, let alone penalties. People saw what it was, we were scared before the game because we knew what it was🇧🇷

In the sights of Messi, but also of other teammates and the Argentine media, in the first place the length of recovery in regular time, which allowed the Netherlands to make it 2-2 ten minutes after the 90th minute. And then, more generally, the management of the match, which saw 8 Argentine yellow cards (and also 6 Dutch, plus Dumfries sent off after the last penalty scored by Lautaro).

A Messi rarely seen so angry, as shown in a video that immediately went viral in Argentina, in which he glared at someone asking what they should be looking at. The captain of Alviceleste also had some for the coach of the Netherlands, van Gaalaccused of “they sell that they play football well when they play long balls“. His exultation in front of the oranges’ bench after the 2-0 goal says a lot about the adrenaline charge that Pulce carried at home.

In the end, with the anger gone, Messi is pleased to be able to continue following in the footsteps of Maradona in a World Cup, carrying the Argentine national team on his shoulders until he dreamed of triumph. Only two games left – he really does look like a man on a mission.