World Cup in Qatar? Messi had to win. It was premeditated, says Dutchman Van Gaal

The World Cup in Qatar have been over for more than half a year now, yet they still don’t let some people sleep. Louis Van Gaal, coach of the Dutch team that crashed out in the quarter-finals against Argentina, thinks the championship was set up for Messi.

It was the Last Dance. The last chance for Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to win the last trophy that was missing from their showcase. A title for the world champion.

In the end, Argentina and Lionel Messi managed to do it, but throughout the tournament there was a great controversy surrounding the “Albiceleste” matches. 5 penalties in 7 games, some of them very questionable.

There was also a lot of talk about the quarter-final between Argentina and the Netherlands. A match in which Messi, for example, volleyed the ball over his head with his hand, which according to the rules should have resulted in a yellow card, but the Argentine got off scot-free.

Thus, the general suspicion began to spread among fans that FIFA wanted Messi to win the trophy and helped him a little. And that it was not just fan speculation was confirmed by Louis Van Gaal.

After the World Cup in Qatar, he quit the Dutch national team and took a break, so he did not appear in the media for six months. He only appeared in front of the press again at the 2022/23 Eredivisie awards.

The daily NOS reminded him of his elimination in the quarter-finals, which is apparently still bothering Van Gaal.

“I really don’t want to comment too much on it. When you look at how Argentina got the goals and how we got the goals and how some of the Argentina players went over the line and weren’t punished, I think it was all premeditated,” Van Gaal lashed out.

Asked what exactly he meant by that, Van Gaal replied eloquently. “I mean everything. That Messi had to be world champion? I think so,” says the Dutch coach with conviction.

Source: Twitter, NOS