Sergio Romero/Zabaleta, Pareja, Garay, Monzon/Mascherano, Gago/Messi (90' Lavezzi), Riquelme, Di Maria (88' Banega)/Aguero (79' Jesé Sosa).
Six years later, nine people participated in the World Cup in Brazil, of which Romero, Zabaleta, Gare, Mascherano, Messi, Lavezzi also started in the World Cup final, Aguero and Gago substitutes, Di Maria was injured, which is his biggest regret.
"Angel" Di Maria was born in big games and finals. The beginning of his brilliant career.
Like many South American stars, Di Maria had a difficult childhood; his father worked as a coal miner in a coal mine, and wise little Di Maria would help his father with his work: "Whenever I wasn't practicing, I went to the coal mine to help my dad. Whenever I went to the training ground, my mom took me there on her bike."
His father, Miguel, later recalled, "He loved soccer from the age of five. Some people think soccer is a way out of a bad situation. Angel just loved playing soccer. I told him he could either go play soccer or dig coal with me."
Di Maria began his soccer career at Rosario Central, where he made his mark at the 2007 World Youth Championships and became a "Warmonger Signing FC" in the summer of 2007, when he joined Benfica for a transfer fee of 8 million euros.
The 2008 Olympics introduced more Chinese fans to Di Maria. In fact, from the World Junior Championships to the Olympics, Di Maria played in six knockout matches, scoring four goals and two assists in each match. Especially at the Beijing Olympics, he scored the only goal in the final after assisting Aguero in extra time against the Netherlands in the quarterfinals and Brazil in the semifinals.
When the knockout rounds come around, trust that Di Maria is the angel Argentina fans trust.
Half a month after the Olympics, Di Maria made his national team debut, replacing Aguero in the World Qualifier against Paraguay. Shortly after, Basile was sacked and King Diego Maradona became head coach of the Argentine national team, but on April 1, 2009, Bolivia's highland hosts joked with the King.
Di Maria replaced Maxi in the 56th minute as Maradona beat Maradona 6-1, but seven minutes later Di Maria was sent off by the referee for kicking the ball in the back! It was Di Maria's only red card for the national team.
Argentina stumbled into the World Cup. Di Maria took a qualitative leap forward in 2009-10. He scored five goals and nine assists in his first two seasons and contributed 10 goals and 19 assists in 45 games this season. When the World Cup came around in South Africa, Maradona had Messi, Iguaín, Tevez, Aguero, Milito, Palermo, and other
