ESPN FC’s Gab Marcotti joins Julien Laurens on The Gab & Juls Show to react to Louis van Gaal’s comments on how Argentina’s World Cup triumph was a “premeditated” affair. Gab says Louis van Gaal should back up his statements with proofs instead of just launching “unfounded theories”.
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11 minutes of added time so holland could tie. 11 minutes is insane! It did not merit that much time. The ref was terrible for both teams.
Messi played insanely great (look besides the penalties) – and scoring penalties at worlds biggest stage is not easy (as Evra said). Glad van Dijk and many dutch players and Koeman dont agree with this. Imagine if Messi lost, would get trolled. Not he wins it, and it was rigged? Doesnt work like that.
Yes controversies is a part of the football world (happenes not only to Argentina, even Netherlands who got extra minutes, France 2 penalties etc) – my point is – it happened on many previous tournaments and will happen again. Overall – Argentina were the strongest in the wc 2022
The only thing fishy about the world cup was all the penalties messi got and messi not getting another yellow in the Netherlands game. Which i dont think was premeditated but defintely was the fact that it was Messi and your not gonna ruin his WC with a dumb handball. But still had 2 penalty shootouts and france had every chance they needed to won the game sooo. Maybe argentina had help but it was not given to them.
It was 100% rigged . Doesn’t mean it was scripted . Come on everyone knows it . Here’s some facts.
Argentina had stadium advantage everytime over all teams.
They had 90% there fans each stadium , felt like a home game.
Referee legit helped them each time . 5 penalties. Are you serious ?
Legit Portugal had like 4 Argentina referees. Like what in the world 😂 .
They didn’t script it but they did help them .
Premeditated, rigged, fixed lmfao ronaldo fanboys and van gaal has lost the plot
Ronaldo fans in the comments and his fam n boys crying so hard nowaday😂😂
Van gaal is obsessed with Messi because he's to good in the world cup😂
Argentina 2-0 up against Netherlands, give away two goals to take it to penalties. If it's rigged he was in on it😂
Van gal need rehab,,,,their players also wanted to give the cup to Messi,,that's why they missed penalty
I think the old man (Van Gaal) just now woke up.
That's how good Messi is. He makes you think the game is rigged
van gaal spoke facts here. saw so many games in the world cup where games were in balance only for the referee to give argentina soft penalties. Lets all be honest with ourselves here.
He is STUPID.. simple
I 💯 agree with Van Gaal
So freedom of speech shouldn't be allowed? Or having an god forbid opinion 😂😂
If you google “Van Gaal” and “deluded” there’s just so much. His time at Man United is especially interesting.
It's possible, when you see how the French played for 1 hour (famous virus), they were abnormally apathetic.
Penalty for Argentina
I agree it’s serious. I know people dismiss Van Gaal but this is not okay. I’m glad you all addressed it. Also the Dutch wanted the game to go to penalty kicks and missed them so then that’s some strange idea of rigging. 🤷🏻♀️ also Lahoz isn’t a Messi fan at all so having him as the referee was a strange choice for a game you’re trying to rig.
Also some people here seem to be missing the Dutch players, including their captain, discounted what he said. Yes Van Gaal can say what he wants technically but he it’s bordering on slander. Actually it is slander.
Van Gaal is just s stupid man, and is anyone else who thinks that the world cup was rigged in favor of Argentina and Messi.
Very stupid opinion. It was by far the most interesting world cup in akmost 2 decades.
Argentine players gave their lives and swear throughout the competition, and yes, a bit luck played a part and they won. A victory written in the stars!
The last penalty kick awarded to France shouldn't have been given. It was clearly a handball against France first. The referee did not even agree to use the VAR.
What God has written, He has written. Fullstop!
got scared at 0:52 mark, what kind of garbage audio quality is that?
Barcelona won the 2009 and 2011 Champions Leagues because of the referee (Chelsea in 2009 and Arsenal and Real Madrid in 2011).
Argentina won the 2022 FIFA World Cup because of the referee (Netherlands and France).
It seems that both FIFA and UEFA were corrupt organizations. They fixed some games to make sure that Lionel Messi had won everything!
It was a known fact that It was rigged
Qatar wanted Argentina to win so people could forget about the atrocities committed building the infrastructure for those stadiums.
Yeah I’m sure the Dutch missed their penalties on purpose for Argentina to win lol. Van Gaal hates argentines and Latinos.
Stupid comments from an elite coach that he is
"You shouldn't be allowed to say things like this" Ever heard of free speech, Gab?