Argentina won the World Cup, many fans desperately say that Messi's World Cup title is won by Di Maria, if Messi left Di Maria won't get the World Cup, let's take a look at Di Maria's performance in this World Cup.
The first game against Saudi Arabia, Argentina coach Scaroni is very conservative, on Messi, Di Maria, Gomez, Otamendi 4 34-year-old veteran, the result is that the veteran completely run, Saudi 2 counterattack scored 2 goals, this game Di Maria play very poor, early in the second half was replaced.
Football guide say In the second game against Mexico, due to the loss of the first game, the coach Scaroni gave up Gomez and replaced McAllister, Di Maria still started. This goal may be the worst performance of Argentina in this World Cup, although Di Maria assisted Messi to score a goal, but the goal was basically Messi's credit, Di Maria played not well. The manager took off Angel Di Maria when Argentina took the lead.
The third game against Poland, this time the coach gave up Lautaro for Alvarez, in addition to Nzo, McAllister, Di Maria also started, this game Di Maria did not play at all, was substituted at the start of the second half.
In the first knockout match against Australia, Scaroni dropped Di Maria and replaced the veteran Gomez. Argentina went 2-0 early. Although Australia almost equalised at the last minute, Scaroni did not go on Di Maria.
In the second knockout game against Holland, Scaroni got on Paredes and gave up Di Maria. The Dutch equalised in the last minute. In the last moment of extra time, Scaroni sent Di Maria on, but Di Maria did not play any role and did not appear in the penalty shootout.
In the semi-final against Croatia, Argentina were 3-0 up early in the second half and coach Scaroni chose Dybala over Di Maria, meaning he dropped him altogether.
Against France in the final, the manager was very surprised to bring on Di Maria, Di Maria did not disappoint, set up a penalty and scored a goal, but the manager still took him off early in the second half.
summarize
It should be said that Di Maria played a role in this World Cup except for the final against France, other matches did not play at all. In the group stage, the first 3 games were not good enough to play and was replaced early. It is also possible that coach Scaroni will try to hide it and use it as a surprise in the final, but it is clear that Argentina won the World Cup without Di Maria, who played a role in the final.