Di María's revelation about his exit in the World Cup final after 10 months

This Wednesday marks 10 months since the final of the Qatar 2022 World Cup that the Argentine National Team beat France in Lusail. In that match there was one of the greatest dominance of one team over another in that instance of a World Cup event, but everything changed after 80 minutes with Kylian Mbappé's stoppage time and the champion had to be decided by penalties.

One of the great figures while he was on the field was Ángel Di María. Fideo arrived with just enough, but did what he wanted on the right wing against a stunned Jules Koundé and not only generated the penalty that opened the game, but was also responsible for extending the lead. Now, Fideo came on in the 64th minute for Marcos Acuña and Albiceleste's dominance began to diminish from that moment on.

Now, almost a year after that moment, Di María told unpublished details of that change in dialogue with the 'Todo Pasa' program on Urbana Play radio: "When I left I was crying on the bench because I still felt good, I wasn't tired We had a good advantage, but this happens when you play against rivals who are 18 and can be starters. At times I said: 'We're going away, we're going away' and at other times I knew that every time I had scored a goal in the final, We didn't lose her. All I did was pray and ask that she be ours”.

Di María defined on purpose above Lloris

The goal that the player from Rosario scored to make it 2-0 will be remembered as one of the best in the history of the world finals, not only because of the great team play, but also because of the definition of the Fideo. After 10 months, the winger settled the doubts and revealed that he defined that way on purpose. “Many don't believe me but I defined it like this, the goalkeeping coach had told me that I went down very quickly. Since the ball was coming fast it was impossible to hit it, so I hit it down so it could get up and go over the top”, he said.