Was it because of Messi? The real reason why Scaloni called Di Maria to the Argentina National team

The Argentine team faced Paraguay and Peru for the qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup and the big surprise is the return of Angel Di Maria's team. He had not been summoned by Scaloni but decided to return for his great level at PSG. Everyone points out that it was at the exclusive request of Lionel Messi, but it was not.

The problem surrounding Di Maria's call is that in the last match of the Argentine national team against Bolivia as a visitor, a player of his qualities was missing. Di Maria is one of the players who runs the most and that is why Argentine journalists questioned that he was not there.

For the matches of the Argentine team against Paraguay and Peru, Angel Di Maria is expected to be on the substitute bench and enter at half time or at the end of the match. The pressure Scaloni suffered from journalists and the media forced him to call Di Maria again.

Lionel Messi was very happy with the return of his friends Di Maria to the Argentina team and even invited him to travel with him in his private plane. Obviously, his friendship with Lionel Messi influenced Scaloni's decision but it was not decisive for Angel Di Maria to return to the Argentine team.