Riquelme referred to Messi’s Topo Gigio to Van Gaal: “There are things that cannot happen in football”

When we talk about “Topo Gigio” in football, the first image that is created is that of Juan Román Riquelme in his time as a player in Mouth. Despite the distance, the former player took the gesture to Barcelona and it was not so direct, but the celebration went to Louis Van Gaal who was the culé coach at that time. Several years later, the DT of Netherlands he received another celebration on his face. Lionel Messi celebrated a goal to his face in the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Qatar.

“I don’t know, I think Van Gaal had declared something, like he hadn’t touched it in the last World Cup, something like that. And well, what is it going to be… There are things that cannot happen in football, maybe you can’t make him angry“Román said on ESPN.

“It is preferable to hug him, kiss him, that he does not want to attack you, I don’t want to win If you make him angry, it’s worse. When the best player gets angry, you don’t have a chance to beat him. How you do? Impossible. The declaration of Van Gaal, for Argentina it was very good. Scam Messi angry, it is impossible to win, it is so. It has an advantage: Messi gets angry but he is not like other playersthat they have a chance of being expelled. Messi no, he doesn’t get mad like that. He gets angry playing ball, that’s the worst thing that can happen to him,” she added.

Then he spoke about celebrating the victory of the Albiceleste in the World Cup: “It was wonderful to see Agustín, Lola (his children), celebrate by painting their faces. I want to thank all the boys for the joy that they have given to our children, our relatives, to all Argentines. It was beautiful to see all the Argentines celebrate“.

Riquelme surrendered to Messi for his performance in the World Cup

“For those who like football, it was truly beautiful that Messi lifted the Cup. It is logical, not only Argentines wanted that. I think that it has rarely happened in the history of football that everyone agrees that he deserved to win it. That shows what it is and I feel very happy that he has achieved it. He knows very well that I love him very much. I talk from time to time, I don’t bother him much but we have a very good relationship. I only wrote to him when we lost the first game and when we won the final“, he expressed.

And said: “I finally got it, so it’s wonderfulHe likes to compete. That is the biggest difference it has. He plays like the old players, from before. He likes to compete. He likes to play ball, he doesn’t play soccer. He plays ball like in the neighborhood. He doesn’t enjoy playing soccer every three days. Nothing ever hurts. It can hurt something to train, but to play ball it never hurts at all”