Di Maria: “I give my life for Argentina, it was worth it every time I hit my head against the wall”

Redemption or otherwise the release from some suffering, from some situation that causes pain, unpleasant feelings and mental deterioration for a journey towards a different reality. The one of justification, the one that recognizes every sacrifice and every drop of tears, giving you the greatest reward.

For Argentina national team and the Angel Di Maria the nights of pain and disappointment were so many and so intense, that one would have thought that even their own indomitable will and longing for a trophy would have been crumpled beyond repair.

Their own path to redemption first had to traverse a series of difficult paths, full of obstacles and setbacks. For more than a decade the sullen “albiseleste” faces would test everyone’s endurance.

For Angel Di Maria however, every sacrifice, every tear and every minute of frustration, was a divine sign that he must not give up, that he must not stop doing what he was taught when he was still a child, that is to give in the grass for Argentina still and his very soul.

Her 35-year-old player Juventus who scored her second goal Argentinian in his final World Cup opposite to France spoke to ESPN and among other things referred to his conquest Qatar World Cupin the difficult nights of criticism, in Lionel Messihim Lionel Scaloni him Diego Maradona and the subsequent events that follow.

“I always gave my life for the Argentine national team, this final was like a movie”

“The truth is that I feel that all my sacrifices, all the times I hit my head against the wall, were worth it. Whenever I had to face criticism, I had the support of my family, I never forgot what they taught me as a child. This gave me the strength to keep fighting and not stop. I always gave my life for the Argentina national team and it ended in the best possible way, like a movie.”

“My daughter used to tell me don’t be sad it will happen at some point”



“Every time I came home after the defeats, when my eldest daughter saw me, she always said the same thing to me. You haven’t done anything wrong, don’t be sad, at some point it will happen and when we won our first trophy in Rio de Janeiro and I turned back he said did you see that? It finally happened, I was sure you could win with the Argentine national team. Then you realize that they too suffered with you and understood how bad you were emotionally.’



“The goal in the final was like a thorn I had been carrying since the 2014 final and I got rid of it”



“At that moment I remembered everything I’ve been through, it was passing in front of me, I had my whole family there and that was what I wanted most. Scoring in a World Cup final was like a thorn in my body since 2014 and now I was ready to get rid of it.”.

“Messi is the best but Diego is Diego”



“For me Messi is the best but Diego is Diego and always will be…hats off to him but for my generation from what I have seen Messi is the best in history. It would be great if Diego was here and could see Leo lift the trophy. She loved him very much.”

“Scaloni came before the final with tears in his eyes and told us thank you for training with such passion”

“He made every player believe that anything is possible. He was fair always used those who are 100% competitive and focused. He treated everyone as equal, only Messi was untouched. Two days before the final he approached some who had not competed much in the event and thanked them for the passion and desire they showed in every training session, without you we would never have got here.”

“I don’t think I’ll be in the next World Cup, right now I’m dreaming of playing in the next Copa America”

“Not anymore, I don’t think I’ll be in the next World Cup. Now I only dream about the next Copa America, I want to stay at a good level, it will be very important for me. I will do everything to be there in 2024. For Leo it is different, he is the best of all time and he should be at the next World Cup.”

Edited by: Charalambos Lessis