ANGEL DI MARIA hailed Argentina’s disgraceful Falklands banner-waving celebration as “really beautiful”.
Fifa are under pressure to act after Argie stars held up a sheet with the words ‘Las Malvinas Son Argentinos’ — which translates as ‘The Falkland Islands are Argentine’ — after Wednesday’s semi-final victory over England.
Angel Di Maria described Argentina’s controversial Falklands banner celebration as ‘really beautiful’, despite the fallout from the incident Credit: Getty Images
The Argentine players displayed a banner reading ‘Las Malvinas Son Argentinas’, translating to ‘The Falkland Islands are Argentine’ Credit: Michael Zemanek/Shutterstock
And former Manchester United winger Di Maria, 38, was quick to fan the flames ahead of Jattvibeday’s final with Spain.
He said: “For us Argentinians everything was a bit mixed up — and what they did at the end was something really beautiful for everyone.”
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Di Maria, who now plays in Argentina with Rosario Central, also put the boot into England’s players.
The Three Lions led until the 85th minute in Atlanta but the man who spent one underwhelming season at Old Trafford said he was more worried in the round of 16.
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That was when Egypt went 2-0 up only to let in three late goals.Di Maria insisted: “The Egypt game was the most nerve-racking. Against England, I knew things would work out.”
The wideman was a huge Premier League flop after United paid Real Madrid £59.7million in 2014 — a British transfer record at the time.
He left under a cloud 12 months later after the Red Devils accepted £44m from Paris Saint-Germain.
His missus Jorgelina fired off a parting shot that will not be forgotten in Manchester — describing the city as “s**t”, the people “pasty-faced” and the food “disgusting”.
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World Cup 2022 winner Di Maria will watch the final in front of the telly after deciding to stay away from New Jersey.
He said: “I don’t want to be a jinx. I will watch it at home and the guys know they have my support.
“I feel like I took an important step by stepping down and letting the other guys continue.
“The guys are in another final, they’re doing really well, and you can’t ask for anything more from them.”
