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Di Maria returns to childhood club, scores goal, leaves field on stretcher
Angel Di Maria is an emotional person. So it was only natural that Di Maria would be overwhelmed with emotion again on the day of his return to his childhood club Rosario Central after 18 years.
Di Maria returns to childhood club, scores goal, leaves field on stretcher
That moment in Di Maria’s life came last night. Before he returned to play for Rosario Central, he was given a royal welcome by more than 46,000 fans at the Estadio Gigante de Arroyo.
The Argentine star, drenched in their love, could not control himself. Tears flowed from his eyes as he waved and greeted them. However, as soon as the match in Argentina’s top league (Primera Division) started, Di Maria became a true professional footballer again. He rewarded the love of the fans by scoring a goal on his home field.
Rosario Central took the lead with Di Maria’s goal from the penalty spot in the 78th minute. His low shot, which went just wide of the right side of the goal, was not saved by the goalkeeper of the opposing team, Godoy Cruz. The audience’s roar of applause after that goal seemed to surpass everything. The excitement also touched his family in the VIP box.
Even so, Di Maria’s day was bittersweet. In the 89th minute of the match, the 37-year-old winger was injured after being tackled badly by an opposing player and left the field on a stretcher. At that time, he was seen crying again. After Di Maria left the field, the match also turned around. In the fifth minute of added time, Godoy Cruz’s Vicente Poggi scored and Rosario Central had to share the points and leave the field.
Angel Di Maria is an emotional person. So it was only natural that Di Maria would be overwhelmed with emotion again on the day of his return to his childhood club Rosario Central after 18 years.
That moment in Di Maria’s life came last night. Before he returned to play for Rosario Central, he was given a royal welcome by more than 46,000 fans at the Estadio Gigante de Arroyo.
The Argentine star, drenched in their love, could not control himself. Tears flowed from his eyes as he waved and greeted them. However, as soon as the match in Argentina’s top league (Primera Division) started, Di Maria became a true professional footballer again. He rewarded the love of the fans by scoring a goal on his home field.
Rosario Central took the lead with Di Maria’s goal from the penalty spot in the 78th minute. His low shot, which went just wide of the right side of the goal, was not saved by the goalkeeper of the opposing team, Godoy Cruz. The audience’s roar of applause after that goal seemed to surpass everything. The excitement also touched his family in the VIP box.
Even so, Di Maria’s day was bittersweet. In the 89th minute of the match, the 37-year-old winger was injured after being tackled badly by an opposing player and left the field on a stretcher. At that time, he was seen crying again. After Di Maria left the field, the match also turned around. In the fifth minute of added time, Godoy Cruz’s Vicente Poggi scored and Rosario Central had to share the points and leave the field.
