Expelled after the penalty of Lautaro Martinez which he gave to‘Argentina the semifinal of the World Cup to the detriment of his whendenzel dumpries did not want to explain what really happened in those tense moments near the midfield circle: “Holland-Argentina is a heated match, in which you know there will be disagreements – the words reported by International football -. There have been mutual provocations, from me as well as from them. I don’t like pointing fingers at other players, but I had my reasons. I don’t know if it was smart… But Something happened that made me react like this.”
The lottery of penalties condemned the Orange to elimination, but the Inter player didn’t want to distribute blame: “Everyone kept their promises, we missed something: it can happen. We trained for penalties, but obviously it’s impossible to repeat the gesture at such a moment. I’m proud of the guys who had courage and took responsibility for taking the penalty. You always have to be a team and go home with your head held high. We are proud, proud to represent the Netherlands; we fought like lions to the last breath. So many emotions are flashing through my head right now, I’ll look at what happened later. We would have liked to stay in Qatar”.
