“A beautiful tour, where everything went well and that is the important thing to continue growing, and preparing for what is coming. Come on, Argentina.” The phrase is from Ángel Di María, on his Instagram account. The captain of the friendlies. March 2024. How little we value “Fideo”. A guy who makes little or no mistakes. Many were wrong about him.
The Argentine attacker is a crack, but a crack through and through, who achieved what very few achieved: playing for the best clubs in each of the most important leagues in Europe (Real Madrid -Spain-, Manchester United -England-, PSG -France-, Juventus -Italy- and Benfica -Portugal-). That, without counting the glorious pages that he wrote in the national team with his porcelain left foot.
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Unfortunately, Ángel made the news before the game due to the threats his family received in Rosario, his Rosario, where he always wanted to return, a wish that, today, seems more distant. How little we value Di María. Yesterday he was the captain, he broke it and began to direct a game that was going uphill with a magical free kick. Like Messi.
And just after Messi, who is from another planet, Di María is surely the best of the “normal” ones. Although, in reality, he would not fit into that category either, because the mental strength that he demonstrated in the face of every adversity that came his way is not exactly “normal.” Nor the way he made the music louder than the problems. Nor, either, his talent with the ball.
“You don’t know why I cry.” The phrase is also from Ángel Di María, in a letter he wrote in 2018. A familiar, humble, simple guy, who battled ghosts and injuries. Who was criticized a lot. And much unfairly.
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Today, with the anguish of the finitude of what remains, the atmosphere is nuptial. But it took time, a lot of time, for us to begin to value, but seriously value, “Fideo”, who now, at 36 years old, does not have much thread left in the football reel.
Ángel has the Copa América ahead of him, which he already knew how to win with an unforgettable goal of his in the final, as he also knew how to score to win a World Cup, an Olympic Games and a Finalissima. She said it was that and nothing more with the selection. The expression of desire of the majority comes, clearly, from a somewhat selfish place towards an athlete who gave everything. But I hope that this time, and only this time, Di María is wrong.
