Angel Di Maria has been talking about how a speech from Lionel Messi left the Argentina team in tears at the 2019 Copa America in Brazil.
Lionel Scaloni’s side overcame a slow start to make it to the semi-finals of the tournament before being knocked out by hosts and eventual winners Brazil.
Di Maria says Messi spoke to the squad after the 2-0 defeat to Tite’s men, and his words touched the hearts of his international team-mates.
“Messi said some beautiful words when we were eliminated by Brazil. Messi told us he was proud of the team we had built.