Di María dazzles, leaves ex-Sporting man behind in Argentina (Video) | OneFootball

Ángel Di María starred in one of the highlights of the match between Rosario Central and River Plate, when he completely outmaneuvered Marcus Acuña, the Argentine full-back who wore Sporting’s shirt for several seasons. Both were part of the Argentina national team that won the World Cup.

The play between two former stars of Portuguese football happened still in the first half. Di María received the ball on the right wing of Rosario Central’s attack and faced Marcus Acuña, who was on defensive duty. He pulled off two dribbles that left the former Sporting player completely wrong-footed, before delivering a cross that ultimately did not result in a goal.

Shortly after, towards the end of the first half, Di María was once again in the spotlight when he “sent off” Portillo from the match. The River Plate player was shown a yellow card twice, both times for fouls on the former Benfica winger, and was sent off in the 39th minute of the match.

As for the game itself, it actually started better for River Plate, who opened the scoring in the 10th minute with a goal from Miguel Borja. Rosario Central managed to equalize, still in the first half, through Ibarra. In the second half, playing with an extra man, Di María’s team completed the comeback with a goal from Malcorra in the 59th minute.

At the end of the match, which leaves Rosario Central in fifth place in the Clausura tournament, Di María commented on his team’s victory: “I came back to play these games. I’m happy with how things are going. The important thing is to keep going like this. We’ll go step by step. We’re calm, we work game by game” – the Argentine also spoke about Benfica recently.

Check out below the play between Di María and Acuña:

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