The Liverpool midfielder's father confirmed that nothing else was talked about before Messi's harangue from the dressing room other than football issues: "play, touch and triangulate"

The defeat of the Argentine National Team against Spain by 1-0 in the final of the 2026 World Cup left, in addition to the sporting displeasure, a wave of theories on social networks about what happened in the Albiceleste locker room minutes before taking the field.

The originof the speculation was a video with a harangue by Lionel Messi before the match, which some users interpreted as a sign of internal tension within the Argentine team.

It was Carlos Mac Allister, Alexis' father, who came out to put cold cloths on the matter in an interview with Radio La Red, recounting the conversation he had with his son after the final.

Mac Allister himself acknowledged that, in the face of the wave of rumors, even he himself came to doubt and ask Alexis directly if something strange had happened in the locker room, although he remarked that, if something had really happened, his son would have told him immediately.

As he explained, Alexis' response was clear: Messi's harangue referred only to a footballing request, that of going out to play with the ball underneath, touching and triangulating, instead of resorting to direct play. Mac Allister remarked that it was precisely that talk that aroused unnecessary doubts in recent days from a viral post, and that many people had approached him to ask him about it in the midst of the confusion generated.

"He told me that they talked about going out to play in the soccer sense, of playing, touching, triangulating and not throwing it up. They were referring to that. Then there are a lot of doubts that began these days because of that post that was made and many people wrote to me," explained Carlos Mac Allister.

To close his statements, the father of the Liverpool midfielder did not hesitate to recognize Spain's superiority on the pitch, stressing that the team led by Luis de la Fuente was clearly better during the final and that this sporting forcefulness is the only thing that explains the result, leaving aside any alternative theory about internal conflicts in the Argentine dressing room. "Everyone is clear that we played against Spain and it was better," he concluded. (Marca, 2026-07-22)