Angel Di Maria showed that form is temporary and class is permanent with a remarkable Olimpico goal for Rosario Central against Boca Juniors. The 37-year-old stunned fans at Estadio Gigante de Arroyito after scoring directly from a corner kick at the weekend.
Di Maria scores one of his best ever goals
The former Real Madrid star rolled back the years on Sunday when he scored a rare Olimpico in his team's 1-1 draw with Boca Juniors. And quite rightly, the ex-Argentina international and his Rosario team-mates went wild over his moment of magic.
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Despite entering his late 30s, former Manchester United man Di Maria is still showing he has something to give to the game of football. The ex-Paris Saint-Germain attacker scored 36 goals in 92 games in his second stint at Benfica and after leaving the Portuguese giants this summer, he has started brightly at Rosario – scoring three goals in four games. And goals like these show his quality is still there.
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Di Maria's side, who sit sixth in Group B of the second phase of the Argentine Primera Division, are back in league action on Sunday when they host Talleres Cordoba. Realistically, they need to win that game against the second-from-bottom side if they want to progress to the next stage of the competition.