Thin as a piece of spaghetti, saved by his mother after falling into a well, dad Di Maria was skeptical about his son’s real possibilities. That when he then signed to Benfica, he told them: “Now I’ll take care of you”
At one point his father stopped him: “Don’t go to your room, we have to talk.” Angel Di Maria was already the fideo, Rosario’s “spaghetti” with easy dribbling and a slew of doubts about the body. On the one hand they said “yes, the boy has talent”, but on the other they were a bit skeptical: “One so dry will never make it”. After all, he could be there. Take an old photo of teenage Angel. He heads down, black tank top, dark eyes, frightened look and the name of “bravino” followed by a “but”. A twig with black hair and agile little legs branded as ‘light’. For this his father stopped him. And that’s why he goes to Juve today.