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Former Netherlands Head Coach Louis Van Gaal has made some damaging allegations about the 2022 FIFA World Cup that was staged in Qatar.

Lionel Messi led Argentina to their first-ever World Cup since 1986, beating the defending champions France in an energy-sapping final at the Lusail Stadium on December 18.

It was a sweet turnaround for Messi, who managed to go all the way despite watching his side go 2-1 down to minnows Saudi Arabia in their first group game. They then beat Mexico and Poland to make it through to the knockout stages.

The Albiceleste saw off Australia in the round of 16, beat Van Gaal's Netherlands in the quarterfinals and thrashed 2018 finalists Croatia in the last four.

Van Gaal has, however, now claimed that the games were premeditated and lined up for Messi to complete a fairy football football.

"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," said Van Gaal, as quoted by Dutch publication

Save for the final, the Argentina vs. Netherlands game was one of the games of the tournament. Lionel Scaloni's side had raced to a 2-0 lead before Wout Weghorst came off the bench to score a quickfire brace and force the game to extra time and penalties.

Source: https://twitter.com/centregoals/status/1698823718242304162?t=Z3vYPcfrSahBIXh9g9OG_Q&s=19

benardtotti:



Don't mind him , how can they rig penalties ,then you and your team are accomplices.

LZAA:

I don't think you fully grasp what van gaal is saying
What he means is that Argentina shouldn't have been in that final at all
The ludicrous amount of penalties they got in that tournament reminded people of south korea in 2002
Do you get it now?
Oh and please don't bring up ronaldo's name because i leave that silly comparison for toddlers and pubescent trolls

LZAA:

How can they rig....?
Lols never mind😄😄😄

Beverlyjean:


So what if he scored a hattrick?? Does that stop a game from being rigged ??

Johnholt909:
These folks here don't really know much about football.

VinnyBaba:


The simple Question I ask Van Gaal is:

In the Quarter Final against Argentina, is it Messi or FIFA that told Netherlands players to Miss their penalties? 🤔😕

Is it Messi or FIFA that also told those French players to Miss their penalties in the World Cup final? 😒

Is it Messi that told Kolo Randall Muani to miss one on one Against Martinez during the Extra time? 🙁

Alchemy528:
If you don't like him and his progress die

benardtotti:


Explain pls , cos Netherlands and Argentina played penalties to decide the winner .

heykims:
But we all watched the games na, there was no bias in officiating.
Loser's outcry.

soccerlite:


This is "bad belle" talk from a white man and unfortunately from a veteran coach

Even Saudi Arabia beat them in their first game


How did Greece win the 2004 Euros

Funny man

Hpesoj:


Give me an instance when he (Messi) supported LGBTQ+. JUST ONE. Not them say them say.

Meanwhile, what Ronaldo did with Coca-Cola was pure childish. I hope you'll be happy when you sponsor an event and the benefactor decides to remove your product just to prove a point.

LZAA:

Oya lemme try and explain
In 2002 South korea beat italy in extra time after a lot of horrible decisions by the referee
Those decisions were overlooked until they did the same thing to spain in the quarterfinals
Guess how south Korea won?
On Penalties
After that match the European press were outraged and all started supporting Germany
Hope you get the gist

Goalnaldo:
A world cup of 32 teams can't be scripted. So other teams where influenced so that Messi could win it?? Even as a Ronaldo fan, I'm not buying this!

OJEEMAH:
You just de assume bro. What has Messi done that’s against his value?

Mention one with evidence pls

assholemods:

It is of no use arguing this matter with childish reasoning like this. It is very pathetic the way you people reason. So FIFA also allowed Mpape to score hat trick in a world cup final so that the rigging will not look obvious. How old are you?

benardtotti:


It's still not scripted as Van Gaal is claiming , Argentina were ahead by 2 goals ,you came back and levelled the game and forced a shoot out and then you lost the shoot out ,there is nothing scripted here , the officials may have been lenient to Argentina but the officials or fifa would not come and kick the ball for Argentina, be honest with yourself, do you think mourìnho would have lost that game after levelling to 2-2 ?

yusfatedeeprof:
Clown 🤡. The Messi pass was a deliberate intention, 12 minutes extra time was deliberate, even the penalty shootout you wanted so badly saying your team have been trained by a volleyball coach on how to play them was rigged for Messi.

Beverlyjean:


Ubare the child cos I have failed to reason with sense .... so what if mbappe scored a hattrick?? Does that stop Fifa from favoring Argentina... I really don't understand how u people reason ... maybe u will also say the elections were not rigged cos Tinubu dint get 25% in FCT .... most of u have sheep mindset.. everyone is not born a leader .....

assholemods:

It is not about age but reasoning.

Beverlyjean:


U really don't understand how its works... when a team is rigged to win a tournament, it doesn't always work...it does sometimes... that's why match fixing is a very big trade ... sponsors usually mark out their favourites... they start first by using the media to sell it so that subconsciously , we find ways to accept it easily when it happens ... then they will also find ways to make sure that tournament favourites font go far ... Morocco were pushed to the semis , but France stopped them...of u watch morocco's games , they were super aggressive and were not given cards to calm them ...that's part of how match fixing works ... reason they beat big teams .... 2hen a team is super aggressive and they are not cautioned, they most likely will win games ... cos it will affect the opposing teams psych ... the penalty that was cancelled against arsenal at the weekend , if they wanted to give it to arsenal, they still would have done that , that was how Argentina kept on getting soft dubious penalties at the WC ... when opposing teams watch previous games and see how a particular team are being favored for penalties, they find it difficult to defend well cos any little thing , they will give a penalty against them ... portugal vs Morocco, an Argentine ref was totally wrong, cos his country was still in the tournament and knowing the rivalry between portugal and Argentina, fifa knew what they did ... South Korea getting to the semis in 2002 was also fixed ... if fifa wants Nigeria to get to semis in 2026 , it will happen ...

Beverlyjean:


U really don't understand how its works... when a team is rigged to win a tournament, it doesn't always work...it does sometimes... that's why match fixing is a very big trade ... sponsors usually mark out their favourites... they start first by using the media to sell it so that subconsciously , we find ways to accept it easily when it happens ... then they will also find ways to make sure that tournament favourites font go far ... Morocco were pushed to the semis , but France stopped them...of u watch morocco's games , they were super aggressive and were not given cards to calm them ...that's part of how match fixing works ... reason they beat big teams .... 2hen a team is super aggressive and they are not cautioned, they most likely will win games ... cos it will affect the opposing teams psych ... the penalty that was cancelled against arsenal at the weekend , if they wanted to give it to arsenal, they still would have done that , that was how Argentina kept on getting soft dubious penalties at the WC ... when opposing teams watch previous games and see how a particular team are being favored for penalties, they find it difficult to defend well cos any little thing , they will give a penalty against them ... portugal vs Morocco, an Argentine ref was totally wrong, cos his country was still in the tournament and knowing the rivalry between portugal and Argentina, fifa knew what they did ... South Korea getting to the semis in 2002 was also fixed ... if fifa wants Nigeria to get to semis in 2026 , it will happen ...

aQUINandmore:
that guy messed up to bring Ronaldo to this topic.
Imangine bringing a mediocre that has never seen a world cup final in his career here.

Hpesoj:


You're biased against Almiron. You should have been neutral instead of supporting Obembet

NzogbuNzogbu:
van gaal is making noise forgetting if FIFA didn't give him extra ridiculous time against Argentina his team wouldn't have scored goals.

I guess he wouldn't be talking if FIFA ended that game on time without giving him room to speculate

LZAA:

Just try and watch those penalties and how they were given
Also the france and England comparison does not count
Argentina had penalties at every single stage of that tournament