Angel Di Maria .. “Mr. X”, who was wronged by Messi & destroyed by Hollywood stars!

It’s a shame that a player of Angel Di Maria’s stature has yet to get his due in the world of football after all he’s done in his career.

The winger was the best in his position with Real Madrid, and he did a lot and a lot for Paris Saint-Germain, but not everyone will remember him, and he continues his dazzling journey at the age of 35 with Juventus.

The Argentine star scored one of the most beautiful goals of the season against Nantes in his first hat-trick with the Italian team, to save Juventus from a real trouble and lead it to the round of 16 of the European League, with an exciting 3-0 victory after a 1/1 draw in the first leg.

Di Maria became the occasional “Mr. X” to make his mark, but he also enjoyed a continuity in every club he played for except for Manchester United.

The unknown soldier
The 35-year-old was the best player in his position in the world in 2013 and did everything possible with Real Madrid, but the presence of Cristiano Ronaldo, who stole the limelight from everyone, prevented him from fully obtaining his right.

What is more unfair than that is that the Real Madrid administration decided to sacrifice him in the summer of 2014 to leave to Manchester United to go through the worst experience in his career without any discussion, so that his football career would be under threat at Old Trafford.

Therefore, Di Maria decided to go to Paris Saint-Germain, the French club with which the Argentine starred, scoring 93 goals and playing 119 assists in the 295 times he wore the team’s shirt.

Regardless of all these contributions and championships that he achieved in the Princes Park, Di Maria was never the player who gets the spotlight commensurate with the size of what he presents on the field.

His presence in “Hollywood” Europe next to many famous players around the world did not help him, because Di Maria scoring a hat-trick with Paris is not more important than a statement Zlatan Ibrahimovic says after any match.

The matter continued with Kylian Mbappe, Neymar and others, so that Di Maria became in the shadows and did not get his right, which was evident in the way Paris dealt during the crisis of renewing his contract to decide to leave for Juventus.

The situation is going well so far because Di Maria has scored 7 goals and assisted 6 in 20 games, and it seems that he will finally grab the limelight due to the decline of all the stars in the old lady.

Messi’s victim
Di Maria may have had to pick his club to get the acclaim and stardom he deserved early on, but his struggles with Argentina are in no way escapable.

The talented winger scored 28 goals in 129 occasions in the Tango shirt, and was the hero on many decisive occasions in the Copa America, World Cup qualifiers and World Cup finals as well.

But he continued for years under Lionel Messi, despite the distinguished role he played more than once in the advancement of Argentina amid the flood of criticism directed at the team.

Di Maria scored the decisive goal in Brazil in the 2021 Copa America final, which gave Messi his first smile at the first major tournament at the international level.

He is also the one who played a dazzling role in the 2022 World Cup thanks to his ability to make a difference and create solutions when Messi fails and all doors close in front of him.

Di Maria was the one who scored and assisted in the World Cup final in Qatar against France, yet he was substituted in the 64th minute, although he was the best in his team and the most important key to the fortresses of the roosters.

Perhaps it is impossible to put Di Maria in a higher position than Messi, but it is also impossible to ignore everything that “Mr. X” did, who appeared every time to remind everyone of his value and his metal!