The legendary Argentinian striker, now a member of Benfica, Angel Di Maria, spoke on various topics related to his career and personal life in Lisbon, where he resides. Among the most interesting points was his comment on one of the best footballers of today—and in history—Cristiano Ronaldo.The Portuguese player recently made a statement that he is certainly the best player to have ever played the sport, and Di Maria was asked to comment on this remark.• What do you think about Cristiano calling himself the GOAT? [@infobae]🗣️ – Di Maria: “It doesn’t surprise me. I played with him at Real Madrid for 4 years. He’s always been like this, striving to be the best. But unfortunately for him he was born in the wrong generation,… pic.twitter.com/7BK6f8inE9— TheEuropeanLad (@TheEuropeanLad) February 13, 2025 Not surprisingly, the Argentine, who scored one of the goals for Argentina in the 2022 World Cup final against France, disagreed with his former teammate. It’s worth recalling that both of them were part of Real Madrid, where they achieved numerous successes together.”I’m not surprised, I was with him for four years. It was always like that. He always made those statements, he always tried to be the best, but well, he was born in a generation, just at a bad time, because another one was born who was touched by the magic wand. The reality is shown in numbers. One has eight Ballon d’Ors, the other five. There is a very big difference. Being a world champion is another very big difference, having two Copa Americas. There are many differences, many. And then you see him in the games, you see it in every minute of every game, that one plays as if he were in the backyard. He hits the same goal as always and he keeps doing it. And he’s been doing it for 18, 20 years. How long has he been doing the same thing? And everyone says, “But you already know what he’s going to do,” well, go mark him and he’ll do it anyway and he’ll still be 40 years old and still do tiki taka, tiki taka. That’s how it is. But, well, Cris is like that too. He always made statements that way. It was always the same. For me, Leo is the best in the world and the best in history, without a doubt”, Benfica’s forward concluded.Angel Di Maria: “For me, there is no doubt that Leo Messi is the best in the world and in history!” 🐐 pic.twitter.com/4TW4oJFOYd— Leo Messi 🔟 Fan Club (@WeAreMessi) February 13, 2025 Among other things, Di Maria also talked about his relationship with Messi, their potential collaboration at a club, and the final of the Copa America, which was the last match they played together. His suggestion was that maybe he could go to America or Messi could come to Portugal.”Yes, it would be the only way. The final wasn’t nice, because even though we won, on the other hand it was a piece of shit that Leo got injured in the match and then was out for all that time. When he asked to come off, and he fell by himself, I realized that he had messed up, because otherwise it’s impossible. He always has some discomfort or something, he always keeps going, always keeps going. He never lets you down. So when that happened, I realized that I was screwed. It was an ugly moment, for me it was the last Copa America. And for him too, because now the World Cup is coming, but it was our last Copa America”, experienced player concluded.##NAJAVA_MECA_8702573##
