Virgil van Dijk in a recent interview about the confrontation with Lionel Messi after the Netherlands’ World Cup exit “After the match he walked straight over to me, stood very close and told me I was soft and overrated while laughing in my face,” van Dijk said. “I expected... the usual intensity the fouls, the provocations, the mind games. That is part of a World Cup. But the personal disrespect after the whistle was something else. He kept going, pointing at the scoreboard and telling me I had been found out on the biggest stage.” van Dijk continued: “There is a side to Messi in these big moments that rarely gets proper attention. It is too often excused as competitiveness or leadership. It is neither. The way he conducted himself after the game the comments, the body language, the deliberate attempt to belittle an opponent is not leadership. It is poor behaviour, and it should be punished.”show more

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