Lionel Messi stuns sharply over referee after fiery World Cup victory vs. Netherlands

Following  Argentina’s fiery penalty shootout win over Netherlands in the quarterfinal of the World Cup, tempers flared between the players and coaching staff of the two teams. While Lionel Messi, man of the match on the day with a goal and an assist, was doing an interview after the game, he had a run-in and scorer of both Dutch goals to get them back into the game.

Lionel Messi launched a violent attack on Spanish referee Matteo Lahoz, after Argentina qualified for the semi-finals with a penalty shootout, 4-3, after the end of the regular and extra time, with a positive tie, with a score of 2-2.

“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,” he said. “We suffer too unfairly. Van Gaal sells that he plays football and then puts tall people in and began to hit balls.