He howled in rage as rarely before drawing his usual heart with his hands.
Angel Di Maria had not scored since November 7, against Rennes (3-0), at the Park.
So, this Wednesday, during the victory against Nîmes (3-0), the unfortunate Fomba had not yet started the terrible and improbable pass back full axis which would lead to the opening of the score that Di Maria already had anticipated its race.
Without difficulty, the Parisian environment deceived Reynet of the left and could therefore let out his emotion.
Sure that at that moment the Argentine was thinking very hard about his missing uncle and to whom he had paid tribute on Instagram.
This goal against Nîmes is Angel Di Maria's fiftieth in Ligue 1 (in 162 games).
A total which places him one unit from Rai and two from Neymar.
All competitions combined, this is his 86th goal in this Parisian jersey.
This time he surpassed Safet Susic for good, since the League had finally awarded a Rennes player what could have been the goal of the double for him in November.
Against Nîmes, Di Maria was also a decisive passer by depositing a brushed center jewel on the head of Sarabia.
Three days after a tasteless performance in Lorient where he had been deemed “non-existent” by Eric Rabensadratana, the evening against Nîmes comes at the right time for him.
As against Rennes, we note that the absence of Neymar, once again, seems to give wings to the Argentine.
Is the extension of contract in sight?
But if the Brazilian is on track to extend his stay in Paris, Di Maria, whose contract expires next June, would greatly like to do the same.
He repeated it recently at the microphone of TyC Sports, an Argentinian program, even going so far as to hope to be able to have a chance to evolve alongside… Lionel Messi!
There is no indication that PSG has changed its mind on the subject and does not want to find an agreement to extend the player who will turn 33 on February 14.
In recent days, Di Maria had been more talked about for his little bridge over Mauricio Pochettino during a game in training and the chambering that had followed.
“Next time, I'll kill Angel,” the coach replied with a smile.
The latter did not hold it against him and shows how much he appreciates the left paw of his midfielder that he has started in the seven games since his arrival in early January.
In anticipation of Sunday's clasico against OM where he will again count on him, Pochettino brought out his midfielder in the 70th minute to replace him with Rafinha.
Di Maria will be able to tackle this return match against OM as well as possible and prepare to take, as in the recent Champions Trophy, his revenge on the first leg where his spitting on Alvaro had earned him four games of suspension.