Everyone saw Messi's hand-to-ear goal celebration last night. But many may not know the reason for celebrating like this.
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This is because of Roman Riquelme and Louis van Gaal.
In 2003, this midfielder left the Argentinian club Boca Juniors and moved to the Spanish club Barcelona.
Riquelme was one of Argentina's best midfielders at the time. But despite performing well under Van Gaal at Barcelona, sitting on the bench day in and day out, hearing bad comments from the coach after getting a goal or an assist became a daily occurrence.
For Louis van Gaal , only 6 years he has to finish the European football chapter. Forced to return to Boca Juniors club in 2008 then took a career break. The most talented midfielder of that time could not come back.
To remind Riquelme, Lionel Messi stood right in front of Louis van Gaal and did his famous celebration 🇦🇷