Original title: textbook! Di Maria twice guided assists dominate the list in the same period only inferior to Messi
3-0! Facing the Bundesliga dark horse RB Leipzig, Paris has won the Champions League final for the first time in the team's history with a resounding victory. In this game, the return of Di Maria from suspension, the whole game is shining solo 3 goals, including two assists to the opponent scored a goal, it can be said that with their own power to crush the opponent. Counting this game, Di Maria in the Champions League this season, the number of assists reached 6 times, is currently temporarily ranked first in the list of assists.
Last season, Paris and Manchester United met in the Champions League knockout stage. In the first round of the match at Old Trafford, with Neymar and Cavani out injured, Mbappe took on the task of destroying the city perfectly, while Di Maria, who was playing for his former hosts, took his revenge perfectly in the midst of the boos. However, the next round of the two teams moved to the Parc des Princes to continue to fight, Paris finally planted a big headache, due to the disadvantage of the number of goals away from home was eliminated, and that also became the pain in the heart of Di Maria.
Paris made a comeback this season, making it all the way to the last eight under Tuchel's leadership, but Di Maria didn't make it to the quarterfinals against Atlanta due to a ban. Fortunately, this time the Ligue 1 giants didn't repeat the tragedy of being reversed, but instead became the protagonists of the turnaround, beating the Serie A dark horses 2-1 to reach the semifinals, which allowed Di Maria to continue to take a step forward with his team. Facing RB Leipzig in the semifinals, the Angel, back from suspension, unleashed his abilities.
Di Maria's highlight of the game came in the 42nd minute, when Gulaci again made a mistake and passed the ball directly to the feet of Paredes, who got the ball diagonally to the right side of the penalty area, where Neymar made a smooth move to the ball, and Di Maria then easily pushed the ball into the net. With this goal, Paris extended the score to 2-0.
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An interesting statistic shows that in all the Champions League matches that Di Maria has played in, where he has scored, his team has ended up undefeated. The Angel has scored 21 goals in 17 matches and his team has a record of 15 wins and 2 draws. In the history of the Champions League, only Salah, Iguaín and Kluivert have accomplished more than Di Maria in this regard.
Scoring goals is not the only ability of Di Maria, the angel is really breathtaking is his ability to assist. In the 12th minute, Neymar was knocked to the ground by Lemmer when he was carrying the ball on the left side of the field, and Paris was awarded a free kick. Faced with this great opportunity, Di Maria naturally did not let go of it, and he took the penalty for the set piece with a perfect curved ball that guided him with precision, so that Marquinhos, who was ambushed inside the penalty area, could comfortably put the ball into the net.
In the 55th minute, Bernat scored Paris' third goal of the match, also from Di Maria's precise cross. At that time, the goalkeeper Gulacy just dissolved a wave of Paris attack, Mukilai backfield protection of the ball suddenly slipped, not far away from the Di Maria precisely caught this rare opportunity, after the ball after he rushed to the opposing defenders out of the feet before the interception, accurate pick the ball to the penalty area, Bernat then shook his head to break through the door to score.
After two assists to the opponent's score in this game, Di Maria's number of assists in the Champions League this season rose to six, and is currently at the top of the assist list temporarily first, Mbappe, Lewandowski, respectively, with five assists and tied for second place. Data show that since joining Paris in 2015, Di Maria in all events contributed 89 assists, the same period, only Messi higher than him, Barcelona ace in the same period in all events completed 101 assists. It should be noted that with his second assist in this game, Di Maria's career Champions League assists reached 27, equaling the number of assists of Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs. Since the 2003-2004 season, only Crowe and Messi have more assists than Di Maria in the Champions League assists list, with the Juve star topping the list with 38 assists and the Barcelona ace following with 33.
