Video, River vs Di María, ‘Fideo secanucas!’ and gripes: ‘They knew’ | OneFootball

The harassment of Ángel Di María started during the warm-up at the Monumental. When Jorge Almirón’s players stepped onto the field to carry out their pre-match exercises, the chant “Fideo dries necks” began raining down from all four sides. A taunt alluding to his closeness with AFA president Claudio Tapia.

Later, when the stadium announcer was reading Rosario Central’s lineup, as expected, River fans began to whistle, growing louder or softer depending on the name being mentioned. The one who got the most was clearly Di María.

And once the result was settled and the Canalla side had been eliminated, Fideo spoke and said:

“They beat us with a penalty goal. We knew these kinds of things could happen here. It’s not for nothing that they were talking beforehand. We’ll keep working. I think we had a great tournament, and we’re proud of ourselves,” he said in an interview with TNT Sports.

Asked whether the comments from the River camp before the match had bothered him, he replied: “No, calm. I think that... it’s football. These things happened before, but they weren’t talked about. Now they are, so well, that’s it. I think football is like that, you have to keep thinking about what’s next and, well, congratulate them... Hopefully they do very well.”

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