It all kicked off during Lionel Messi's post-match interview, he called someone a 'fool'

They may have progressed to a World Cup semi-final after beating the Netherlands on penalties, but Lionel Messi gave a fiesty post-match interview after Argentina's latest win.

And after the game, a furious Lionel Messi got in the face of Louis van Gaal. But more on that later.

You can see that footage below.

Messi went on to name-drop Weghorst, who netted twice to level the scores, in his post-match comments.

He added: "It seemed disrespectful to me, that a coach of his caliber declared like that. Van Gaal does not respect the Argentina National Team.”

Ahead of kick-off, Van Gaal said Argentina's captain “doesn’t participate much” when his side lose the ball.

So after he netted for La Albiceleste on Friday night, he decided to celebrate in front of the former Manchester United manager like so.

Then, after the full-time whistle, Messi went for a stern word with both Van Gaal and Edgar Davids.

He later told reporters: "Van Gaal says that they play good football, but what he did was put on tall people and hit long balls.

"I don't want to talk about the referee because you can't be honest. If you talk they sanction you, FIFA must think about it, they can't put a referee like that for these instances, they can't put a referee who isn't up to the task."

Argentina will face Croatia in Tuesday's semi-final clash at the Lusail Stadium after Zlatko Dalic's side pulled off one of the shocks of the tournament to beat Brazil.

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