Ahead of the Rosario native’s last match with the Celeste y Blanca, he revealed the reason for his decision and assured that he urged him to continue.
Only three days until the last match of Angel Di Maria in the Argentine National Teamhis wife, Jorgelina Cardoso, told how she lives this moment in privacy and why she made this decision. On Sunday, the “Scaloneta” will play the final of the Copa America against Colombia at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. He “Noodle” He had announced that this tournament would be his farewell to the Celeste y Blanca, with which he has already played 144 matches.
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In an interview with the program #AngelResponde, Cardoso He said that talking about the withdrawal of Di María “does him a lot of harm.” “I can’t imagine the national team without Ángel, honestly,” she said and assured that she urged him to continue playing even though he “He wants to leave through the front door.”


“At first I told him: ‘You can’t leave now that you’re doing so well and that people love you. Don’t leave now.‘. And he told me: ‘No, I want to go like this, fine’. I didn’t want what happened last time to happen to him, when they stopped calling him up,” he explained.
“He is also big and knows that boys come in their place who do it very well. So, knows how to say ‘up to here’ and he’s right, it was a smart decision to say ‘I’m leaving well’. He’s never going to want to leave. So, It’s not bad that I do it nowIn the end, he is right and he deserves it. He doesn’t deserve to leave any other way.“he added regarding his decision to step aside.
Along those lines, he said that, as the end of the tournament approaches, the footballer feels his farewell to the National Team is approaching. “We are counting the matches. There are 3 left, 2 left… It’s horrible because when the time comes to see it from the stands or on TV, I think that’s where he’s going to fall, but he’s still happy. If he’s happy, I’m fine.”
Jorgelina Cardoso, on the future of Ángel Di María: she assured that she has offers “from everywhere” and did not rule out a return to Rosario Central
As for the future of the 36-year-old “Fideo”, Cardoso did not give any details. He said that “Angel paused in making decisions because he wanted to focus only on the Copa America” and assured that “the offers are starting to fall from all sides again”“He looks like he’s 20. He gets more offers when he’s 23,” he said.
In any case, the journalist, Fabrizio Romanoa specialist in the global transfer market, reported this afternoon that the Rosario native will continue in Portugal: “Angel Di Maria will remain in the Benfica One more season, deal closed today. Decision confirmed by both parties”.
One of the greatest wishes of Argentine football fans is the return of the star of the National Team to his club of origin: Rosario Central. Although Cardoso He did not rule out the possibility of a return, saying that “is a delicate topic“. He referred to the threats that the footballer’s family received weeks ago and said: “Everything that happened to us was very strong. He knows that I will support whatever he decides. I never spoke because my daughters were involved. People know half of it, it’s not a joke. Things happened that are not known. Whatever he decides, I’m going after him.”.
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