Former Real Madrid player Angel Di Maria, who currently plays for Rosario Central, gave an interview in which he confessed his most personal and intimate secrets.
The former Benfica, Manchester United, Juventus, Madrid and PSG player told Telefe’s “Fuego Chino”: “Thanks to the psychologist who gave me a hint that the guys on the outside are sticks… Today I see that they insult me and talk too much, but I don’t care. I know it’s a show that has to be sold. I realized that I don’t care. What mattered was what I did, whether I got something good.”
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Di Maria reveals he almost quit football: ‘It’s all over’
The 37-year-old soccer player revealed that when he was younger, he almost quit playing soccer because he “wanted to be a goalkeeper.” His father threatened to retire if he was not promoted to Rosario Central’s first team.
When I first received money, I had already debuted. After that, I didn’t really understand because the representative messed me up.
“Everything came to an end and in December they promoted me to the first team. They took me a few times, but one day they said, ‘You have to go to Gigante.’ I ran away from working. Of course, I would be happy even if I had to work as a miner. But then we ran away, but we didn’t know… Everything changed when I started working in the first team at Central. A different world came to me in terms of family and responsibility. “It’s great that I don’t have to wake up in the morning with a three-degree cold,” he said.
The Argentina player pointed out, “When I received the first money, I had already debuted. After that, I didn’t really understand because the national team messed me up. I think I signed a first-division contract with Central, but I only earned 2,000 pesos. It was very little. I took one and the other for an old man.”
“Going from having nothing to having everything can be a shock. I talk about it a lot with my family.”
Di Maria confesses: “Going from having nothing to having everything can be a shock. I talk about it a lot with my family. A thousand things can happen, but you’re still the same.”
“I’ve gotten drunk a few times. I’ve been on trips, I’ve been to weddings, birthdays. I don’t know if I got knocked out or not. Absolutely. I’ll tell you what it was for the next day,” he admitted.
I know they’re insulting me and talking too much today, but I don’t care, I know it’s the show that has to sell. I realized that I don’t care
Giorgelina Cardoso: “Di Maria gave me my first kiss and said, ‘If you’re with me, you’ll never leave me.'”
Di Maria’s wife, Jorgelina Cardoso, also joined in the interview, revealing in 2009, “The first kiss he gave me in ‘Madame’, the first time I met him…he said to me, ‘With you, I’m not going anywhere.’ I was 27 and he was 21. He always sent me away, even though it looked different.”
“I told him, ‘I’m going to go and get you,'” El Fideo said.
Regarding their relationship at home, Jorgelina said: “He likes to pretend that I’m the one doing it. The last words and commands come from him. I have a hot temper, so it looks like I do that, but at home I’m not in control.”
Di Maria recalls car accident in Madrid
Angel Di Maria reflected on that day. “We crashed once, but we didn’t see the stop sign and there was a tree. We crashed into a car. I was coming normally, he was coming slowly too. The car was an Audi, and the next day I got into another car in Madrid. She broke three ribs, I didn’t have anything.”
