Angel Di Maria

Argentina defeated Brazil 1-0 on Tuesday in an ill-tempered 2026 World Cup qualifying clash marred by pre-match crowd trouble.

The 35-year-old World Cup winner left Juve as a free agent last month amid claims he could be targeted by a club in Saudi Arabia.

More than 83,000 fans thronged Buenos Aires' El Monumental to watch Lionel Messi and co. play for the first time since lifting the country's third World Cup title last year.

Manchester United edged out Barcelona to reach the Europa League last 16 on Thursday where they were joined by fellow heavyweights Juventus and Roma

Angel Di Maria's wife Jorgelina Cardoso has revealed WhatsApp messages from her husband, a day before the final, in which he correctly predicted that Argentina would defeat France and he would score in the final.

A live band played while the players tooka round of the city in an open bus parade before reaching the popular monument Obelisk. Videos of the parade have flooded the social media with fans posting on Twitter.

Messi hugged his family and team-mates after the match while coach Lionel Scaloni, winger Angel Di Maria, who scored Argentina's second goal, and goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez could not contain their tears after the final whistle.

FIFA World Cup: The South Americans had an edge in the game with a 2-0 lead before Kylian Mbappe struck twice to bring the 2018 champions back in the game

FIFA World Cup: Argentina clearly dominated the first-half of the final match of the FIFA World Cup against France with a 2-0 lead, at the Lusail Stadium on Sunday

Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said Thursday he was optimistic Angel Di Maria and Rodrigo De Paul will be available for their World Cup quarter-final against the Netherlands

Opening up on the Messi goal, Di Maria said that his delivery to the 7-time Ballon d'Or winner was a "turd" but he made the best use of it, like he always does.

Messi's goal came in an opening 45 minutes that saw Angel di Maria score twice with Manchester City's Julian Alvarez also netting

Captain Lionel Messi will lead the squad in Qatar at his fifth and probably last World Cup.

Angel Di Maria was substituted 23 minutes into Juve's shock 2-0 defeat in Israel which left them on the brink of elimination from the Champions League

Monza took their first three points of the campaign in their first match under Raffaele Palladino, who replaced sacked Giovanni Stroppa on Tuesday

Argentina defeated Brazil 1-0 on Tuesday in an ill-tempered 2026 World Cup qualifying clash marred by pre-match crowd trouble.

The 35-year-old World Cup winner left Juve as a free agent last month amid claims he could be targeted by a club in Saudi Arabia.

More than 83,000 fans thronged Buenos Aires' El Monumental to watch Lionel Messi and co. play for the first time since lifting the country's third World Cup title last year.

Manchester United edged out Barcelona to reach the Europa League last 16 on Thursday where they were joined by fellow heavyweights Juventus and Roma

Angel Di Maria's wife Jorgelina Cardoso has revealed WhatsApp messages from her husband, a day before the final, in which he correctly predicted that Argentina would defeat France and he would score in the final.

A live band played while the players tooka round of the city in an open bus parade before reaching the popular monument Obelisk. Videos of the parade have flooded the social media with fans posting on Twitter.

Messi hugged his family and team-mates after the match while coach Lionel Scaloni, winger Angel Di Maria, who scored Argentina's second goal, and goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez could not contain their tears after the final whistle.

FIFA World Cup: The South Americans had an edge in the game with a 2-0 lead before Kylian Mbappe struck twice to bring the 2018 champions back in the game

FIFA World Cup: Argentina clearly dominated the first-half of the final match of the FIFA World Cup against France with a 2-0 lead, at the Lusail Stadium on Sunday

Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said Thursday he was optimistic Angel Di Maria and Rodrigo De Paul will be available for their World Cup quarter-final against the Netherlands

Opening up on the Messi goal, Di Maria said that his delivery to the 7-time Ballon d'Or winner was a "turd" but he made the best use of it, like he always does.

Messi's goal came in an opening 45 minutes that saw Angel di Maria score twice with Manchester City's Julian Alvarez also netting

Captain Lionel Messi will lead the squad in Qatar at his fifth and probably last World Cup.

Angel Di Maria was substituted 23 minutes into Juve's shock 2-0 defeat in Israel which left them on the brink of elimination from the Champions League

Monza took their first three points of the campaign in their first match under Raffaele Palladino, who replaced sacked Giovanni Stroppa on Tuesday