{"id":287615,"date":"2023-09-05T13:35:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=287615"},"modified":"2023-09-05T13:35:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:35:19","slug":"louis-van-gaal-claims-qatar-world-cup-was-fixed-for-lionel-messi-and-argentina-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/louis-van-gaal-claims-qatar-world-cup-was-fixed-for-lionel-messi-and-argentina-to-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis van Gaal claims Qatar World Cup was fixed for Lionel Messi and Argentina to win"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former Netherlands head coach Louis van Gaal has sensationally claimed that the Qatar World Cup was fixed to ensure that Lionel Messi and Argentina would win.<\/p>\n

Messi guided his nation to their first World Cup triumph since 1986 with a penalty shootout victory against France in the final. The Inter Miami forward scored twice in the final before converting his penalty in the shootout which Argentina won 4-2.<\/p>\n

En route to the final, the South American nation battled past the Netherlands, triumphing again on penalties in the quarter-finals after a dramatic and feisty contest that saw 16 yellow cards issued throughout the game.<\/p>\n

Van Gaal was the man in the Dutch dugout for the defeat but the 72-year-old believes that the tournament was predetermined to ensure that Messi and the Argentinian national team would triumph in what will likely be the legendary forward\u2019s last World Cup.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the Eredivisie awards to Dutch outlet NOS, Van Gaal said: \u201cI don\u2019t really want to say much about it. <\/p>\n

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Argentina progressed on penalties against the Netherlands in the quarter-finals <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen 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 all premeditated game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean everything I say,\u201d he continued. \u201cThat Messi should become world champion? I think so, yes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having come out of retirement to take charge of the side for a third time – following the sacking of Frank de Boer – Van Gaal led his side out of the group before setting up a clash with Argentina following a 3-1 round-of-16 fixture against the United States.<\/p>\n

Nahuel Molina\u2019s first-half strike and Messi\u2019s 73rd-minute penalty had Argentina en course for a routine victory before substitute Wout Weghorst\u2019s dramatic last-gasp brace sent the game to extra-time with an equaliser in the 11th minute of injury time.<\/p>\n

In extra-time, tempers continued to flare with right-back Denzel Dumfries eventually shown red before the penalty shootout. Virgin van Dijk and Steven Burghuis ultimately missed the first two Dutch penalties as Argentina advanced 4-3 victors.<\/p>\n

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Van Gaal left his post following the defeat. He continues his recovery from prostate cancer with which he was diagnosed in 2022.<\/p>\n

Fifa has not commented on Van Gaal\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n

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