Is named Diego Armando for Maradona and loves Leo Messi. Do not talk about Pele or Neymar to him. He was born in Brazil and lives in Argentina, more precisely in Neuquén. Despite what your document indicates, it is more “ours” than dulce de leche. Fana number one of the Albiceleste team, the 17-year-old kid is part of a particular and friendly family living in the area that this Saturday will have a broken heart. Half will make forces for the cast of Lionel Scaloni and the other half for Verdeamarelha. The Copa América is lived to the full in that warm home of this capital.
“Diego was born in Macaé, Rio de Janeiro. He is crazy about the Argentine team, for which he fanned since he was a child”, explains with kindness his mother Branca, a Brazilian who through those things of destiny at the beginning of the new century met the love of his life, Pablo who had gone to his country for work reasons.
“We got married in 2003 in Brazil. When I got pregnant with my first child, we combined that if it was a girl I would choose the name and if it was a boy I would choose him. That is how his name is Diego Armando de Freitas Rodriguez. We are football fans and passionate”, he adds this fanatic fan of Fluminense.
Not happy with that, Pablo, an admirer of Maradona, wanted to get away with it when the second came but they didn’t “let him.” “I got pregnant again and we combined the same, but on the contrary, if it was a girl I would choose him, thank goodness another boy came, his name is Matheus and he is 15 years old”, recalls Branca with a smile.
They arrived in the region a few years ago and “we adore Neuquén, it is beautiful,” highlights the neighbor from the Huiliches neighborhood.
What name would the Temperley fan have given him if it were his turn again? “I wanted to give him a first name Mara and a middle name Donna, that is, he would have one Diego Armando and another Mara Donna haha.” A crack that carries the best player of all time under his skin.
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There are jokes and bets on each classic and this Saturday will not be one more in the case of a definition of the prestigious continental competition.
“When Brazil and Argentina play, the house is divided, Pablo and Diego with Argentina, me and Matheus for Brazil. We joke, we love football,” says the mother of the house about the duels that take place in privacy.
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The final of the Copa América finds them traveling but the bet will be paid when they return to the region. “We made a bet, whoever loses the match washes the dishes for a week,” Branca laughs.
Finally, anticipate Diego Armando’s forecast. “He believes that Messi needs this conquest with the national team, he says it will be 2 to 1 Argentina.”
Great, Diego!
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