World Cup/Confessing Regret Over Dutch Celebratory Move Messi: Happened in The Heat Of The Moment

Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi, who led his country to its third World Cup title last year but sparked controversy with his teammates on the national team, said on Wednesday that he regretted his inappropriate celebration against the Netherlands.

Argentina in last year's World Cup round of 8 with the Netherlands, the two sides all the way through the game until the PK battle to win the game, Messi scored a 12-yard ball in the game, ran to the Dutch coach and made a celebratory gesture with his hands next to his ears, once triggered criticism. Messi also explained after the game that everything was in response to Dutch coach Louis van Gaal's disrespectful comments about Argentina before the game.

However, in a recent interview with the Paris media, Messi admitted that he regretted his celebration action, "I know what van Gaal said, but the goal celebration just happened on the spur of the moment, don't like what you do, don't like the derivative of things, it is in the moment of high emotion, everything comes quickly."

Although Argentina's path to victory has also sparked some controversy, Messi said last year's World Cup for his career has been extraordinary, "if I had to choose a moment, it must be the moment, I have achieved everything in the national team, I started playing football never thought it would happen to me, can not ask for more."

But if there is any regret, Messi believes that it is not able to hold high the championship trophy in front of the late Argentine football superstar Maradona (Diego Maradona), "I hope that Maradona can hand the trophy to me, or at least can look at all this, see Argentina become the world champion again, how much he wants this thing, and how much he loves the national team." But I know he's up there watching and giving me strength."