Throughout the match, the tension was palpable on the field, where it almost turned to the general fight following a big foul by Leandro Paredes on Nathan Aké. The meeting was also marked by numerous warnings: 14 yellow cards were distributed, 6 once morest the Dutch and 8 once morest the Argentines.
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And the atmosphere was obviously still electric following the victory of Argentina, according to the excerpt from a post-match interview with Leo Messi. As a reporter questions him, the Argentine star aggressively addresses a person off-screen. “What are you looking at, fool?“, he launched, the dark look.
According to several Internet users on Twitter, Messi attacked Wout Weghorst, the author of the two Dutch goals of the meeting.