Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal is a unusual character to say the least and his press conferences are all the time newsworthy. On Thursday, he, together with striker Memphis Depay got here out to reply questions on Netherlands’s upcoming match in opposition to Argentina and van Gaal provided to kiss Depay on his mouth. The Dutch striker had a bemused look on his face as everybody round them laughed their hearts out.
The incident was preceded by a query the place van Gaal was requested about his opinion about Argentina winger Angel Di Maria calling him the “worst supervisor he has performed beneath.” Each of them shared the locker room in Di Maria’s one yr spell at Manchester United.
Van Gaal broke into peals of laughter, gathered his poise and mentioned: “He had a troublesome time there, burglars broke into his home, he discovered it troublesome to settle within the metropolis, however that’s uncommon, a participant telling me that I’m a nasty coach. Often, it’s the opposite approach round, all of them say I’m an important coach,” he mentioned.
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“Right here subsequent to me sits Memphis [Depay]. He was additionally at Manchester [United]. And now we kiss on the mouth,” the coach mentioned to which Depay broke down laughing after wagging his finger indicating his intentions.
“We’re not going to try this. However that’s the way it goes in soccer,” Van Gaal added.
“Am I not entertaining you? You then say I’m a boring coach.” Then he sought ratification: “Didn’t you see the objective we scored in opposition to USA (the primary objective from a 20-pass sequence)? When Brazil scored a objective like that I learn within the media of my buddies that that was glowing soccer. Whereas we did that too. Really, we play the identical soccer,” he mentioned.