IN THE FILM OF QATAR 2022
FIFA reveals new details of the mythical "What are you looking at, fool?" from Messi to Weghorst
Published:27/03/2023 - 18:09h
Updated:27/03/2023 - 18:10h
The official film of the past Glass of the World has desvelado that Wout Weghorst had not approached to Messi to demand him or assault him, but to greet him, such as it would explain the Dutch player
The past edition of the Glass of the World celebrated in Qatar to finals of 2022 has left a sinfín of images for the memory and even some sentences memorables that for then did virales in the social networks. One of them, definitely, went the "What mirás, bobo?" With which Lionel Messi headed to Wout Weghorst after the party of quarter-finals between Argentina and Low Countries.
Recently, the FIFA has premièred the official film of this tournament, in which desvelan some unpublished scenes of the encontronazo between both players. Contrary to what a lot of believed, that the Dutch looked for him to attack him by any of the multiple incidents in an intense crash that went out him of the hands to Mateu Lahoz, has remained clear that his intention was to greet him.
Like this it was the encontronazo Messi-Weghorst
Justo when the Argentinian star found in the mixed zone offering statements to the press, the forward of the 'Oranje' followed him closely waiting for being able to tighten his hand and exchange some words. However, Weghorst would receive the refusal in his greeting to Rodrigo of Paul and continued expecting by Messi.
#Qatar2022 | The FIFA published the complete scene between Leo #Messi 🇦🇷 and Wout #Weghorst 🇳🇱, that unchained the famous sentence: "What mirás, bobo?"
— StudioFútbol ⚽ (@StudioFutbol) March 27, 2023
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It was then when the seven winning times of the Balloon of Gold pronounced his iconic sentence, in front of the attentive look of the Argentinian means that surrounded him waiting for his statements. One of them treated to calm him saying "Calm, Leo", thinking that the situation could finish with a clash between players in the tunnels of the stadium.
The Argentinian version of the facts
However, the facts were not interpreted of this way by part of the plantel of the 'Albiceleste'. Like this they left it clear some of the presents in the stadium: "Weghorst, after doing the goal of the tie, happened it to him causing to Messi, loading it and looking for his reaction". Besides, also there were some attacks to the then seleccionador Dutch, Louis go Gaal.