Argentina fans in the victory parade (Reuters)
Argentina as a whole is still euphoric following the team winning the World Cup for the third time ever.
Although Lionel Messi shined above everyone else, one of the heroes of the victory was undoubtedly Angel Di Maria.
The veteran winger was injured in the group stage and was included during the knockout stages as a substitute, but in the final he scored the goal that put Albiceleste up 0:2.
At the beginning of the year, with the end of the qualifying campaign, Di Maria announced that he would retire from the national uniform after the World Cup in Qatar, but according to a report in Argentina, the victory made him hungry to continue.
According to the journalist Gaston Adol from the senior Argentinian website "TyC", "Di Maria thought about the issue again and decided to continue with the national team. He does not yet know how long, but he wants to play in the national team's uniform as a world champion."
By the way, the last sentence is similar to the words of Messi, who declared after the victory that he had not finished the international chapter of his career.
I want to play as a world champion.
Di Maria (Photo: Reuters)
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A Juventus player, who will celebrate his 35th birthday in a month and a half, has so far made 129 appearances in the Argentina national team uniform and scored 28 goals.
Di Maria is considered a man who always excels in the team's finals, having scored winning goals in the Olympic final in 2008, in the Copa America final in 2021, and even scored 0:3 over Italy in the "Finalissima".
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