“What are you looking at, fool? Get lost!” Lionel Messi‘s World Cup taunt of Dutch participant Wout Weghorst has delighted Argentina, the place the phrase has made its method onto mugs, shirts and different merchandise. In a viral video on-line, soccer famous person Messi is proven being interviewed after Friday’s stormy quarter-final conflict with the Netherlands, when his eyes drift off digital camera. He then launches his phrases within the course of the Dutch substitute — whose two late objectives pushed the 2 groups into penalties — whereas the reporter struggles to get his consideration.

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Argentina emerged victorious, however Messi fumed after the fractious match on the referee who gave Weghorst a free kick.

The sport’s world governing physique FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings in opposition to each groups after a World Cup report of 18 yellow playing cards and a number of mass confrontations in the course of the sport.

But in Argentina, a saltier Lionel Messi has drawn comparisons with Diego Maradona, a troubled genius identified for fiery moments each on and off the sector.

Businesses wasted no time plastering the slogan on a wide range of merchandise, with mugs promoting for 1,600 pesos ($9), T-shirts for two,900 pesos, and caps for 3,900 pesos.

“We made the T-shirts right away. The phrase went viral because in another stage, Messi had a calm, low profile. But people wanted him to have a bit of Diego (Maradona) spiciness,” mentioned clothes designer Tony Molfese, 31.

For many in Argentina, the language Messi used is way milder than what could be heard on the streets.

“I thought the phrase was great, so innocent and tender” in comparison with what you often hear in Argentina’s sporting world, mentioned 67-year-old Graciela Squietino, who purchased T-shirts for her three grandsons.

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