The newly retired Felipe Luis returned to an anecdote from his career concerning Angel Di Maria, which leaves him with a bitter taste.
Filipe Luis, former Atlético Madrid defender, recently announced his retirement from sports. The opportunity for the Brazilian international to look back on a controversial episode in his career, which happened during a Madrid derby against Real Madrid in 2015.
“Di Maria, a thousand apologies, my friend”
That evening, Filipe Luis had been advised by Sergio AgĂĽero to talk about Angel Di Maria’s wife to destabilize him. “If there is one thing that I regret a lot, and I would like to go back and not do it again, it is against Angel Di Maria,” he first confided to Charla Podcast. I arrived at AtlĂ©tico, we were going to play against Real and AgĂĽero told me: ‘Filipe, if you approach him, he will come out of his match,’ said the former Colchonero. Go see him and tell him about his wife’. I cursed him and said his wife’s name. And there he looked at me, dejected, because I had won everything. And he really wasn’t good in the match. »
The native of Jaragua do Sul admitted to having regretted having followed this advice. “I got home and I was so sorry,” he said. “Di Maria, a thousand apologies, my friend, sorry for doing this to you. »
