Lionel Messi garnered attention in Argentina's quarterfinal matchup with the Netherlands, as he has done throughout this World Cup. Not only for his performance on the field, which featured a freak assist, a goal from a penalty kick, and a second successful penalty shot during the shootout. During the latter's post-game interview with TyC Sports, Messi would collide with Wout Weghorst, who had scored both of the Dutch goals that had brought them back into the game.
A saying that has already influenced football pop culture, with the original Spanish translation appearing on coffee cups and T-shirts
“What are you looking at, fool? Go away,” Messi was quoted as saying by the television channel.
An assortment of the items bearing the slogan have already been uploaded to Mercado Libre's online site, an Argentine marketplace with its headquarters in Uruguay.
The store's mugs range in price from $1.500 to $3.000, while the t-shirts cost as much as $3.800 and include drawings of Messi and the Argentina flag in various text styles, colors, and designs.
After the Dutch team's 3-4 victory on penalties in the quarterfinal, Messi was spotted engaging in many discussions with Weghorst and manager Louis Van Gaal of the Netherlands.
Talking about the confrontation after the match, the Argentina captain had said, “I don't like to talk before the games. Since he entered the game, he began to provoke us, bump into us, tell us things… It seems to me that this is not part of football. I always respect everyone, I like that they respect me too. Their coach was not respectful to us. We suffer too unfairly. Van Gaal sells that he plays football and then puts tall people in and began to hit balls.”
Referee Mateu Lahoz issued a total of 17 yellow cards to players and staff during one of the World Cup games that were the most fiercely contested. However, no player was sent off. The World Cup
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