I mean bro is manhandling opponents and calling them “bobo” and stuff 😂. Like as a Barca fan who’s watched him my whole life, I’m not going to say he was timid his whole career, but this dude is a whole new person from the guy who lost the WC in '14.
What happened?
I guess he incorpored more that “south american” spirit to play for Argentina. For what I see, Argentines and Uruguayan players usually have a more aggressive attitude compared to Europeans, I’m not saying they are aggressive like wanting to injury his opponents, but their spirit.
So IMO he added this spirit to his personality which fitted very well. He’s fighting for his team and his teammates are fighting for him. Everyone wins by this.