'Angry' Messi shreds Dutch coach, referee

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Lionel Messi and his teammates hung astir connected the tract for 20 minutes, taking turns dancing and jumping up and down successful beforehand of their celebrating, scarf-waving fans.

Moments before, the Argentinians secured transition to their 2nd ever semi-final quality astatine a World Cup erstwhile Lautaro Martinez scored the winning punishment to down a crippled Netherlands team.

AS IT HAPPENED: FIFA World Cup, time 20

Perhaps the players' absorption said it each and typified the aggravated quality of the clash, that included 48 fouls and 17 yellowish cards (excluding coaching staff), which was a World Cup grounds for azygous game, courtesy of referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz.

Within seconds of Martinez scoring the winning penalty, astir each subordinate for Argentina taunted their Dutch rivals, who were watching connected intently beside the South Americans astatine the halfway line.

Before the lucifer went to other clip Leandro Paredes fanned the flames erstwhile helium booted the shot astatine the Dutch bench, which led to players from some sides entering the tract from the sideline.

Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez made 2 spectacular saves during penalties and aft teammate Martinez scored the clinching score, Messi sprinted to the gloveman with his arms outstretched.

Speaking aft the match, Argentina players weren't shy successful denouncing Dutch manager Louis van Gaal.

Messi was seen celebrating successful the coach's absorption during the shootout portion the antheral who scored the winning penalty, Martinez, slammed van Gaal - some connected the tract and successful a post-match interview.

"Keep your rima shut, f---ing t--t," helium yelled astatine the Dutch coach.

"I heard van Gaal saying, 'We've got an vantage successful penalties, if it goes to penalties, we win,'" Martinez said.

"I deliberation helium needs to support his rima shut."

Messi besides had immoderate prime words for van Gaal and was seen approaching the manager and his unit aft the match.

He told reporters, van Gaal's comments successful the pb up "disrespected" the team.

Van Gaal expressed assurance going into the lucifer up with Argentina, and erstwhile asked astir shutting down Messi specifically, the Dutch manager said:

'It's not that hard to travel up with an reply arsenic to however to halt him. You mightiness privation to artifact and adjacent the passing lines. I can't spot this creating excessively overmuch of a hoo-ha."

Messi evidently heard him.

"It seemed disrespectful to me, that a manager of his caliber declared similar that," the Argentine prima said aft the match.

"I was aggravated due to the fact that for a manager similar Van Gaal, with the acquisition helium has, the mode helium spoke was disrespectful.

"It didn't person to beryllium similar that. It didn't marque sense. I consciousness similar helium disrespected the Argentine National Team."

The atrocious humor didn't halt determination with reports Messi called retired a subordinate of the Dutch campy successful an interview: "What are you looking at, fool?"

Reports assertion it was directed astatine Dutch striker Wout Weghorst.

Messi besides criticised the authorities of officiating, taking purpose astatine the whistleblower.

"I deliberation that FIFA cannot usage this referee for this benignant of lucifer due to the fact that helium is not up to the task," helium said.

Goalkeeper Martinez was acold much scathing successful his reappraisal of Lahoz.

"The ref was giving everything for them," Martinez told beIN Sports.

"He gave them 10 minutes (stoppage time) for nary reason. He was giving escaped kicks extracurricular the container for them 2 oregon 3 times.

"He conscionable wanted them to score, that's fundamentally it.

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"Hopefully we don't person that ref nary more, he's useless."

The lucifer finished 2-2 and was lone taken to other clip aft the Netherlands equalised successful the 11th infinitesimal of second-half stoppage clip done Weghorst's 2 goals.

Before that, Messi had acceptable up the opening extremity by Nahuel Molina successful the 35th earlier converting a punishment to marque it 2-0.

Argentina volition play Croatia successful the semi-finals connected Wednesday greeting AEDT aft the 2018 runner-up bushed Brazil.

It is lone the 2nd clip Argentina has reached the past 4 since 1990. In 2014, Messi was portion of the squad that mislaid to Germany successful the final.

He looks successful the temper to get determination again successful a tourney that helium is turning into his ain idiosyncratic item reel.

He delivered a mesmerising portion of accomplishment and imaginativeness to acceptable up Molina's goal, twisting escaped and bursting guardant from cardinal midfield earlier delivering a no-look reverse walk for the defender to poke successful a finish.

His punishment was his 4th extremity of the tournament, taking him to 10 wide successful the World Cup — tied with Gabriel Batistuta for the astir for Argentina. Messi present has 94 goals successful full successful his 169 planetary games.

The nonaccomplishment ended Louis van Gaal's 3rd stint successful complaint of the Netherlands.

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