It wasn’t long ago, but sometimes the whirlwind of everyday life makes it forgotten or put aside. It wasn’t long ago that Ángel Di María began to cry with Lionel Scaloni in a video call that the coach made as soon as he finished a television interview. It was 2020, full coronavirus pandemic, ‘Fideo’ had not worn the Argentina shirt for 496 days and ‘claimed’ a new chance to win something with the National Team. So, it was not long ago that Di María returned, won the Triple Crown and decided that this Copa América 2024 would be the closing of a story painted in light blue and white.
A similar sequence between these protagonists, with a call included, had occurred in 2018, after the failure in the World Cup in Russia with the elimination in the round of 16 against France. “I, who didn’t know he was going to lead the National Team, told him: ‘Don’t get off this ship, you have to continue being there.’ And then I didn’t call him up for a football reason, his level was very good, but we had Nico González and Ocampos who were doing well”the coach born in Pujato once recalled.
As was said after the 2-0 win over Peru in Miami, to close group A with a perfect score, no one can doubt (goals and titles aside) that Di María is a piece of history of the National Team. In fact, with his 77 minutes at Hard Rock Stadium he surpassed Javier Zanetti to get on the historical podium of players with the most presence in Argentina (143), behind two great friends like Lionel Messi (184) y Javier Mascherano (147).
That is why the series that will premiere on the Netflix platform on September 12 will allow you to travel that path of joys and frustrations, until that glorious unique moment in Qatar 2022. “Break the wall”was the phrase he repeated lying on the grass of the Maracaná stadium after scoring the great goal that ended the National Team’s drought with the conquest of the Copa América and which gives its name to the documentary.
And now that the announced end is approaching, those who at some point told him to leave are the ones who beg him to stay. But Di María, in the conversation with Clarion In the mixed zone after the victory against Peru, he is firm: “That’s it, they don’t convince me anymore. They convinced me several times already, but this is the last”.
-Ángel, how are you and how did you experience the ovation they gave you during the game?
-Taking out the ovation that has been happening lately and makes me proud after so many years wearing this shirt, the important thing was to win, to get the nine points, was that the boys who had not been playing could add minutes and show the coach that they are also there to be able to be Headlines. It was demonstrated that way.
-People are experiencing these last few games with a lot of emotion, what’s happening to you?
-Just like them, in the same way, enjoying every moment. At times a little melancholic, at others a little happy, but it’s already decided, I said it a lot of times, there is no turning back. I hope God wants them to be the last three and continue on the path we are going.
-You were captain of the National Team again, it was the twelfth time…
-Unfortunately, every time it’s my turn it’s because Leo has something and that’s the only thing I don’t like. We try to do things as best as possible when he is not there, we try together to do a little of what he does on the field. If he is not there, we all have to do twice as much to achieve a positive result. He is recovering and hopefully we will have him for the next game.
-What analysis do you make of the team, which plays well and at times finds it a bit difficult to score?
-It’s hard because they get behind us, because there are few spaces, today the field helped a lot more, it was very nice, it was played a little better because of that too, we had the ball a lot more, and we ended up finding the goal. In the end, due to the quality of the players, we end up finding the space we need.
-You made a mistake again in the pass, right?
-It is easy to play with forwards like Julián (Álvarez) and Lautaro (Martínez). When you have players like that, whether you give it well or badly, they end up controlling and finishing in the same way.
-You looked for Garnacho a lot in his first match in a Copa América, to help him, to contain him, he wanted to give you a long pass too…
-When there are young kids you try to help them so that they feel comfortable, that they gain confidence… He had several there when he went inside to end up scoring a goal, he couldn’t, but the important thing is that he added minutes, that he began to feel what It’s a Copa América, feel what it’s like to wear this shirt.
Angel Di María and Alejandro Garnacho. Photo Mati Arrascoyta – Special Envoy – CLARIN-This match was special because you had Mía by your side, you have the rest of the family accompanying you, is there a sentimental touch there too?
-It was a very special moment for me, I know that there is very little left and to be able to enter with her, I just had to be captain, to be in the Anthem with her, to see the people, it was unforgettable. I couldn’t do it with my two daughters together, but…
-He said something to you when they were walking to greet each other, do you remember what it was?
-Yes, he told me that he looked much prettier from the inside out than from the outside in. The truth is that it makes me very happy to have been able to enjoy it.
-Is this going to be part of the series that is going to come out?
-Yes, obviously, everything adds up, everything adds up…
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