Unlike Van Gaal, Lionel Messi stops the interview to greet the Croatian coach
Lionel Messi produced a spectacular efficiency within the semi-finals in opposition to Croatia to assist Argentina attain the finals on Sunday. Messi was in elegant kind as he scored one and made two assists.
His noteworthy efficiency adopted his important position in Argentina’s win over the Dutch aspect which was a fiercely contested quarter-final.
After that match in opposition to the Netherlands, Messi straight confronted Louis Van Gaal. In one other incident, Messi stopped a post-match interview to inform Netherlands forwards Wout Weghorst: “What are you looking at fool? Get back there.”
After the sport in opposition to Croatia, the Argentine captain as soon as once more interrupted his post-match interview however this time it didn’t result in something controversial as he walked over to the place Croatia head coach Zlatko Dalic was. The duo then shook fingers, with Dalic showing to want Messi luck for the ultimate.
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Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic had nothing however phrases of reward for Messi after the semi-final and admitted that Croatia suffered a deserved defeat.
“He is the best player in the world, he was dangerous and he has quality,” Dalic had mentioned. “He has the method and put in a high-level efficiency, it was the true Messi we anticipated to see.
“Argentina has a superb group and Messi is a participant of such high quality and with hundreds of supporters behind him, they play as they finest see match.
“Today they had four midfielders in the middle and we tried to play aggressively. But Messi can make one move and make a difference, which he did for the third goal,” he had added.