A little over a month ago, the France team lost in the World Cup final against Argentina. A meeting marked by the double of Lionel Messi, but also the enormous performance of Angel Di Maria. Holder in the left lane, he admitted that his positioning had surprised him, before Lionel Scaloni explained his plan to him.
Scorer in the final Olympic Games of 2008, then in the final of the Copa America from 2021, Angel Di Maria reoffended at Qatar. Against theFrench team in the final of the World Cup 2022the former player of PSG scored Argentina’s second goal, minutes after the opener in Lionel Messi. Affected by physical worries, Angel Di Maria had been saved by his coach, before starting the match against the Blues in the left lane. A tenure and a positioning that surprised him at first.
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“When I saw that I was on the left, I thought he was wrong”
” Even I did not expect to play on the left in the final, nor to start “, he confided in an interview granted to Tyc Sports. ” The team had played well, worked well, but (Lionel) Scaloni trusted me in the final, he decided to send me on again. I felt very good in training. When I saw I was on the left, I thought he was wrong, but then he explained to me that we were going to hurt them, that I was going to have fun and that we were going to do the difference because it was their weak point. »
“I felt that we were going to win”
A choice that paid off and if the end of this final was very undecided, Angel Di Maria As for him, he never doubted: The conviction had been there since the Copa America. This is where it all began. I told him that in this final, we were going to end up winning it and that I was going to score a goal. In the Finalissima, I did exactly the same thing. On this game I felt it again, I felt we were going to win and I was going to score a goal again. »
