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Wout Weghorst as “provocateur” at the 2022 World

Wout Weghorst as “provocateur” at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar: the Wolfsburg striker, at that point first on loan at Besiktas and later with Manchester United, scored twice in the World Cup quarter-final against Argentina and provoked the Argentinians with his goal celebration.

Wout Weghorst as “provocateur” at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar: the Wolfsburg striker, at that point first on loan at Besiktas and later with Manchester United, scored twice in the World Cup quarter-final against Argentina and provoked the Argentinians with his goal celebration. Lionel Messi snapped at him after the match: “What are you looking at? Stupid!” The scene became one of the viral moments of the World Cup.

Weghorst, never exactly a darling in Wolfsburg, became known worldwide overnight — as the man who made Messi angry.

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