LUSAIL CITY, QATAR - DECEMBER 18: Lionel Messi of Argentina lifts the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Winner's Trophy during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Final match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium on December 18, 2022 in Lusail City, Qatar. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
The 2022 World Cup in Qatar, according to former Netherlands head coach Louis van Gaal, was rigged to help Lionel Messi win the World Cup.
At Lusail Stadium, Messi scored twice in the final match as his nation defeated France 4-2 on penalties.
Prior to that, the 36-year-old showed brilliance when they defeated Van Gaal’s then-managed Netherlands in the quarterfinal. Messi scored during regulation time to help his nation win 4-3 on penalties.
Van Gaal, who left the position soon after, thinks that the competition was manipulated so that Messi could finally take home the trophy he had been trying so hard to win.
“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,” he told Dutch outlet, NOS.
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