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Netherlands defender Virgil Van Dijk has denied his former coach Louis Van Gaal's allegations about Lionel Messi. The former coach stunned the world by sharing a shocking statement on the recently concluded FIFA World Cup in Qatar. He said, “I don't really want to say much about it. When you see how Argentina gets the goals and how we get the goals and how some Argentina players overstepped the mark and were not punished, then I think it was all a premeditated game,”
However, Van Dijk has denied those massive allegations. In an interview with NOS, he said, “Van Gaal’s words about Messi? He can say what he wants; it’s his opinion, but I do not agree with him, and I don’t share the same opinion.”
The reporter asked the Netherlands defender again whether he stood with Van Gaal's words, and he quickly replied, “No.”
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Van Dijk is expected to get a lot of backlash from his country's supporters by this statement, but we believe he has done the right thing. Sport is not a script; you need to assess the situations to perform. The Netherlands international has performed the same way, which allowed him to become the best defender in the world in 2019.
Argentina's World Cup victory in 2022 had many memorable episodes along the way. One of the exciting matches of their journey came against the Netherlands in the quarter-finals. The South Americans were leading 2-0, but a last-minute stoppage-time winner by the Dutch ensured that the match was taken to extra time. Argentina eventually prevailed in a penalty shootout thanks to the heroics of Emiliano Martinez.
