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Argentine star Angel de Maria lived a historic day after playing his first match with his mother team Rosario Central in the Argentine Football League, against Godoy Cruz.
As he entered the floor of the Jaganti de Aroyeto stadium, Rosario’s stronghold, De Maria, 37, received the reception of the President of the Argentine Federation, Claudio Tabia, and a warm welcome from the fans who were highly shouted by his name, while he responded to the four stands, raising his arms before he wiped his tears.
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“De Maria returned to Rosario Central after 18 years, he returned as a national hero and world champion, who returned to his home to achieve the last dream in his career as a football player,” the Spanish newspaper “Mundo Deportivo” said.
During the match, De Maria suffered from the close control imposed by the players of Godoy Cruz, and they did not leave him room to receive the ball freely, and their interventions were not without some roughness.
Al -Faraj came to Maria in the last quarter of the match after the referee, Pablo Dovalo, calculated a “controversial” penalty, which the veteran star carried out in his own style, placing Rosario Central in the introduction.
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Angel Di Maria goal in his return to Rosario Central.
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13 minutes later, De Maria raised the fans’ concern after he met a blow to his right leg, after which he had to get out of the stadium on a stretch, but he later reassured them by saying, “Nothing calls for concern.”
In stoppage time, the guest team paid the atmosphere of the Jaganti de Aroyetto stadium when he managed to score the equalizer in the fifth minute after the ninetieth by Vicente Bochi.
After the match, Di Maria did not hide his disappointment from the draw, especially since his team was just around the corner from leaving the three points.
“It was disappointment,” De Maria said. “We wanted to win, but we lost it, and we deserved more than the result of the tie,” De Maria said.
The Spanish newspaper described what happened before, during and after the match with De Maria as “a movie that was missing only to win.”
It is noteworthy that De Maria returned to Rosario Central a few days ago, after his contract with Benfica, Portuguese, who participated in the Club World Cup and bid her farewell to the final price of 1-4 from Chelsea after the extension.
De Maria is a graduate of the Rosario Central Academy, where it is included in the Sunni groups and then rose to the first team before it was professional in the old European continent from the Benfica Gate.
De Maria played his first match with the first team of the Rosay Central against the Independent on December 15, 2005 and ended in a 2-2 draw, which is 17 years and 10 months, according to the famous “Transfer Market” website data.
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