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Ángel Di María shone with all his light and sent a direct message to Lionel Scaloni

2020-08-18T23:07:02.280Z


El Fideo broke it in the semifinal of the Champions League with PSG. It is once again a reference that the Selection cannot ignore.


Maximiliano Uria

08/18/2020 - 19:19

  • Clarín.com
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Something particular happens with Ángel Di María: when it seems that his cycle in the Argentine National Team is over, he puts in a monumental performance like the one he had against Leipzig in the Champions League semifinal and puts his name back in the folder - imaginary or not- from coach Lionel Scaloni. Di María is something like that that you do not want to have when you are but you want to have when you are not. Either way, and it should be clarified, he is a formidable footballer.

The Rosario was the great figure in the 3-0 of PSG, that cast that after so many years and so many millions of dollars spent was finally able to reach the first final of the Champions League in its history. Di María was the best of a team that counted, neither more nor less, with Neymar and Mbappé.

Because Di María is much more than a footballer with bad fortune for injuries. A goal and two assists are the outstanding statistics of a near-perfect match for Fideo , who also ran, helped in defense, dribbled and connected with his teammates. "We ate them from the first minute," Di María explained when he received the award for the best player of the match.

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Di María's category can be measured by what he shows on the pitch and also by the clubs he played for: Rosario Central, Benfica, Real Madrid, Manchester United and PSG. And something even more powerful: he won 26 titles in his career (he is the fourth-highest winner in Argentina behind Lionel Messi, who is 35, and Carlos Tevez andLucho González, who achieved 28).

The debate will be installed and will last until the first call for the South American Qualifiers (October) of Lionel Scaloni. Conditions to be, Di María has plenty. He evidenced them against Leipzig, playing from the winger to the right but delaying in several passages of the game to leave Neymar and Mbappé as the only points, which it was noted that he is not yet one hundred percent from the physical.

Already at 12 minutes, the 32-year-old left-hander warned that it would be a good day for him: he put in an exact cross for the scoring header of the Brazilian Marquinhos .

This was the goal of Marquinhos, after a foul charged by di María. RB Leipzig 0 PSG 1, there is already a Frenchman in the final of the #ChampionsLeague but there is still a lot of game ahead pic.twitter.com/TvGMo3zjfX

- Pizarra Sports (@PizarraSports) August 18, 2020

And then Leipzig was a shadow of what it had been against Atlético de Madrid. The Germans lost without mitigating. The proposal made by coach Thomas Tuchel was simple and effective : he covered the exit to the Upamecano center with Neymar and cut the passing circuits. And through that pressure came the second after a high recovery from Leandro Paredes, a pass from Neymar's crack cue and an accurate definition from Di María.

The game ended 10 minutes into the second half: after another good pressure, Di María served the goal to the head of Juan Bernat. It was the killing blow. Julian Nagelsmann reached into the team and changed from 4-1-4-1 to 3-5-2. But it was too late. 

Leandro Paredes is another of the footballers that Scaloni must have followed closely and the conclusions could not be better. In addition to returning to the starting team, the former Boca had a high performance . He played from inside left, very close to central midfielder Marquinhos . From there he started almost all the attacks by the French and found many vertical passes for Neymar and Di María. He fought and ran, too. And I step on the area in some passages.

Di María began to bury the dream of RB Leipzig, put the 0-2 against the German team. For now the Parisians are in the final of the #ChampionsLeague pic.twitter.com/DIUFBSb4Cd

- Pizarra Sports (@PizarraSports) August 18, 2020

The Mauro Icardi thing was predictable: he was a substitute for his poor performance against Atalanta in the quarterfinals. And everything suggests that he will not play against Bayern Munich or Lyon in the final on Sunday either.

"It's going to be difficult to sleep from here until the final," said Di María minutes after the 3-0. And he added: "Here in Lisbon I won the Champions League with Real Madrid, so I have good memories. I hope we can continue writing the great history of this club."

GOOOOOOL #PSG thrashes RB Leipzig 3-0, if there was little hope before, now Bernat seals goodbye. The French team within minutes of certifying their pass to the final of the #ChampionsLeague pic.twitter.com/wTAA00Rswc

- Pizarra Sports (@PizarraSports) August 18, 2020

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Source: clarin

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