ANGEL DI MARIA has taking another swipe at former side Real Madrid after claiming the Spanish side pressured him not to play him in the World Cup final.
By: Jamie Anderson
The Argentinian's bitter Bernabeu exit was exacerbated after club president Florentino Perez slammed the winger's steep wage demands and request for a new contract.
Di Maria stoked the fire on an Argentine radio station yesterday, by revealing the club did not want him to aggravate a leg injury.
He said: "There was a letter from Madrid that arrived at 11 in the morning of the match day, we were due to play at 4 in the afternoon...was putting ice on my leg to be in the final.
"I tore up the letter as soon as it was given to me and didn't take any notice of it, I didn't care what might happen, but it was (coach) Alejandro's (Sabella) decision.
"I didn't want to make any demands of him but I also didn't want to leave the team a man short five minutes from a very important match."
"I suffered a lot that morning, it was the worst thing that's happened to me in my life in footballing (terms) because reaching another final is very difficult, not to say impossible.
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