The 37-year-old, who won the 2022 World Cup with Argentina, scored three goals in the Club World Cup group stage.
The experience of being a World Cup champion is making a difference in this case. At 37 years old, Ángel Di María is one of the top scorers in the Club World Cup after scoring three goals from penalties in the first three matches. Having left Benfica for Rosario Central, Argentina, Di Maria is leading the Portuguese team that is one of the surprises of the World Cup.
Despite being in the group with Bayern Munich and Boca Juniors, the Encarnados finished the initial phase in the lead after beating the favorites Germany and will face Chelsea in the round of 16 – the duel will be held on Saturday (28/6), at 5 pm, in Charlotte. And this good performance depends on Di Maria’s performances.
In his debut, against Boca, he scored the goal that reduced the score of the game that would have ended in a 2-2 draw. Against Auckland City, he scored the first goal – which took the pressure off Benfica’s shoulders – and the last, crowning the 6-0 rout. Against Bayern, he did not participate in the goal, but was on the field for 87 minutes.
These three performances were rated 7.3, 10 and 7.4, respectively, by SofaScore, a website specializing in statistics. The average of 8.23 placed Di Maria as the second best among all the players who played in the first three matches, behind only Michael Olise (8.37), from Bayern Munich.
The French player from the German club is also one of the four players who share the World Cup top scorer’s list with Di Maria. In addition to the two attacking midfielders, Musiala, also from Bayern, Yildiz, from Juventus, and Abdou Ali, from the already eliminated Al-Ahly, also scored three goals.
