Van Gaal’s Critical Response, Brazilian Football Icon Defended for Neymar and Messi

DBasia.news –  Louis van Gaal, a former Dutch coach, was always blatant when he said. Including when criticizing Lionel Messi and Neymar.

The former Manchester United coach, assuming that the figure of Messi was the main factor why the Blaugrana always failed to win the Champions League title, in the past four years. This was because Van Gaal felt that La Pulga was an individualist player, and was too given freedom by Barca.

Not only Messi, his former teammate who is currently strengthening Paris Saint-Germain, Neymar Jr. is also considered a failure to bring Thomas Tuchel’s squad to success in the most prestigious competition on the European continent.

Hearing scathing criticism from Van Gaal, Brazilian legend Rivaldo responded that he completely disagreed with the statement issued by the Dutchman.

“Messi, Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo are different players, and no team or coach knows the great things they have done. However, many coaches don’t like that player because they take credit from their coach,” Rivaldo said to the Goal.

At present, Messi still has the opportunity to win the inaugural title at the international level, while strengthening Argentina in the 2019 Copa America.