He smashes Mbappé’s dream and rejoices

Football – French national team

He smashes Mbappé’s dream and rejoices

Published on February 18, 2023 at 01:00

Crowned with the title of world champion with the Albiceleste last December, Angel Di Maria is now playing in Italy alongside Juventus of Turin. The former PSG player, scorer in the World Cup final once morest France, spoke regarding this match that has already become cult.

Nobody might have foreseen such a scenario before the meeting. Last December, argentina won his 3rd title of world champion by beating the France in penalties (4-3). Author, like all his teammates of a dantesque first half, Angel DiMaria had seen the Kylian Mbappé storm allow the Blues to come back twice. Still blunted by this spectacular encounter, El Video returned to this match for the channel ESPN.

“It seemed incredible” Di Maria still reeling from the final

Author of the second Argentinian goal in the first period, Angel DiMaria surely did not expect to see the French team come back at the end of the game: “I mightn’t believe we were going through all of this, following a spectacular first half. It seemed incredible. Everything that happened in this final was incredible. Go to penalties and finish with luck”. While he hadn’t started since the round of 16, Of Maria had been the surprise concocted by Lionel Scaloni for the final once morest France.

“It’s luck”, Di Maria lucid on the victory of Argentina

The former partner of Kylian Mbappe au PSG also spoke of the importance of scoring a goal in the final: “Montiel took 16 penalties and scored 16, but if you don’t score that day, what are you going to do? It’s luck. Being able to score a goal in the final takes away the thorn I had in my side since 2014.”. Of Maria had missed a large part of the campaign of Albiceleste when the latter reached the final in 2014, only to lose 1-0 in extra time to germany.