Messi: I didn't like what happened against the Netherlands

Lionel Messi has admitted that he regretted the incidents that took place during and after Argentina's 2022 World Cup quarter-final tie against the Netherlands.

Argentina managed to qualify on penalties after a tense game where Messi was engaged in an argument with the Dutch coach, Louis van Gaal.

After the game, Messi still looked frustrated despite Argentina's victory and lashed out at the Netherlands striker Wout Weghorst.

"Keep moving, idiot," Messi told the Dutchman in the tunnel.

However, the Paris Saint-Germain star has admitted that he is not pleased with what happened with the current Manchester United striker.

"I didn't think about it, it came out in the moment," Messi said of the incident with Weghorst in an interview with radio show Perros de la calle.

"I did know everything that had been said before the game, what he [Van Gaal] had said. Even some of my teammates were telling me 'Did you see what he said,' on purpose.

"And well, when it's all over, I don't like what I did, I don't like the 'keep moving' and all that. But well, they are moments of huge tension, huge nervousness and everything happens very fast.