World Cup 2022 Qatar: The ‘incident’ between Messi and Lewandowski: “What occurs on the pitch, stays on the pitch”

It was one of the crucial placing pictures of the Poland-Argentina. The assembly was going through its final minutes and Robert Lewandowski dedicated a foul on Leo Messi after a dribble from him. When going to apologize to Robert, the Argentine didn’t even have a look at the Polish striker and stared into infinity. On the finish of the sport, each gamers chatted for a number of moments on the pitch and hugged one another, sealing peace.

Of within the blended zone, Messi was requested in regards to the ‘incident’: “I respect everybody, each on and off the sector and there’s no downside,” he mentioned into the Onda Cero microphones. He didn’t need to reveal what he had mentioned with Lewandowski. “Nothing occurs, nothing. He would not communicate Spanish… and so they taught me that all the things that occurs inside the sector stays inside the sector and all the things that occurs in a locker room stays contained in the locker room. It will not come out of me some privateness.”

For his half, ‘Lewy’ analyzed the matter with the Polish press: “It was an fascinating duel. The Leo factor was a mere curious truth. We exchanged a number of phrases, however nothing particular”.

disagreement

The reality is that Messi and Lewandowski have had some verbal disagreement previously. The Pole spoke about Leo Messi’s phrases after successful the 2021 Ballon d’Or, by which the Argentine requested that the 2020 one, which was not delivered as a result of pandemic, must be for the Pole. “I would love it to be a honest assertion from an amazing participant and never empty phrases,” mentioned ‘Lewy, who later needed to qualify his phrases.

On the supply of The Greatest 2021 award that Lewandowski received, the present Barcelona participant was additionally upset when he discovered that Leo Messi didn’t vote for him. “Why did not Messi vote for me? Ask him,” he mentioned.

Messi’s “Bronca” for the missed penalty

then messi worth the victory that classifies Argentina as the primary group and the penalty that failed with 0-0 on the scoreboard. “I’m indignant for having missed the penalty however I feel the crew got here out stronger after that mistake of mine. We knew that after the primary purpose went in it might change the sport”, analyzed the Argentine star who surpassed Diego Armando Maradona in matches performed with the nationwide crew within the World Cups.

Messi commented on the spherical of 16 sport in opposition to Australia. “It should be very troublesome. Anybody beats anybody. The whole lot could be very even. We’ve got to arrange the match in one of the simplest ways as we all the time do,” he harassed.

Regardless of the clear enchancment of the crew, the captain of the Albiceleste doesn’t need to let the bells fly: “We should be calm and go sport by sport. Now one other World Cup begins and hopefully we are able to preserve what we did”, confided the captain of Argentina.