Ángel Di María is the national team’s talisman in Argentina’s consecrations: he scored the goal in the Copa América final, in the Grand Final and in the World Cup final in Qatar, as well as the goal that gave the country Olympic gold in Beijing 2008. there will be no Fideo in 2026, where Rosario expects Lionel Messi to be.
“I don’t dream of playing in the next World Cup, I dream of the Copa América, it would be very nice for me to demonstrate this level. Leo must be in the next World Cup, it’s Leo, the best player in history. I have nothing to do with it, stop messing around, he’s Messi, seven Ballon d’Ors. I would like the next Copa América and I will do everything to try to be there,” the Juventus player justified himself.
When asked if Diego Maradona wasn’t the best, he stressed that “Diego is Diego for life”. “I take my hat off to him funding me through the toughest times, because he put me in the bank when no one put me in the bank and till the day i die i will say diego is everything. But the best in history is undoubtedly Leo “, she explained, as well as saying that” it would have been very nice for Diego to see Leo world champion “.
One day two months after the consecration, Di María confessed that he felt that the title “ended up in the best possible way, as if it were a film”. “I feel that all the sacrifice was worth it, that all the times I hit my head against the wall were worth it, the criticism was worth enduring, it was worth having the constant support of my family and what they taught me since I was a child -he listed-. It gave me the strength to keep fighting because it would have happened and if it hadn’t happened I would have given everything for the national team and I gave my life for that shirt.”
His goal against France is one of the images that will remain on the Argentine retinas. “Honestly, what I did was push her -minimized-. The game was spectacular and ended up being a goal for what that game was. It was impossible that it wasn’t a goal.”
“In that moment I remembered all the things I’ve been through and that my whole family was there and that’s what I wanted the most. Scoring a goal in a world final was the backbone he had since 2014. And in that game, I was able to pull it off,” he recalled in a talk with 90 Minutes (ESPN).
Another of the images engraved on the fire also featured him: they are his tears on the bench when he saw how the victory slipped away from Argentina and the definition of the World Cup extended to penalties. “I couldn’t believe we were going through this.”he recalled.
“We had done everything right in the final, there hadn’t been a final like this at the World Cup with such a big difference in the first half, in which we could have scored more goals. When Leo scored the third, I thought it was But they bind you by new and looks like a lie. It’s from a movie, honestly, what happened in that finale. I couldn’t believe it after playing a spectacular game, to be defined on penalties, with luck. But it said it was for us,” she elaborated.
“That photo is useless, huh”
“The photo they took of Leo of cocochito del Kun is useless because that cup was trout, they had taken it from the stands. I had the original and it was on the other side. But the photo was still beautiful because the cup was beautiful,” joked Di María.
Speaking of those post-consecration celebrations, the Noodle said he saved a piece of net from the penalty area. Even if it was his family that was most important souvenirs taken from Doha. “The network must be carried. The family brought some grass and a net, but not the bow because they couldn’t take it with them. Even some glasses made it back to the hotel,” he said with a laugh.
“Scaloni deserves The Best award”
Di María did not hesitate to side with Lionel Scaloni in view of what will happen on February 27 when FIFA proclaims the best coach in the world, in a squad in which the man from Santa Fe fights Pep Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti.
“he deserves it. In a year and a half he won the three most important competitions in football“, summed up the attacking midfielder who just turned 35 impeccably.
El Fideo also told an anecdote with the coach: when he thought he would not play in the World Cup final. “When the training appeared on TV I couldn’t see myself because I was looking to the right and it wasn’t there, I was on the left“, he revealed.
“Scaloni told me two hours before the match that he would play on the left, until then I didn’t know anything. I thought about going to the bank because we had practiced with five behind. He trusted me again in another final, saw that their weakness was on that side and put me on,” she stated.
His long-awaited return to the Central: “I’ll make the decision”
“My decision to return to Central will be made by me and will be when I consider the time is right to return“said an outspoken Di María, who was angry at the recent statements by Carolina Cristinziano, vice president of the club, who said that the time to return” is now.
“They haven’t consulted me at the Central. I speak with Gonzalo (Belloso, president since December), yes, but they have discussed this. What he said was unnecessary. It’s fart to create a division in people that generates unease, with what are social networks. It’s a fart to generate something like this right now,” she critiqued.
Then asked about what he has to give back, Fideo clarified: “Nothing. It’s not that they’re offering me anything important. It’s up to me to decide what the moment will be. I see Central at every match, and at dawn I always see them. Not uploading stories or not doing what others can do has nothing to do with it. I always see Central and find out everything. And Central needs people who love the club.”
Source: Clarin
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