Emiliano Martinez was one of the pillars of the Argentine national team world champion. Her preponderance under the three sticks conveyed calm in the face of adversity, but she also became the focus of criticism for attitudes related to intimidation against rivals or dances in her celebrations. The maximum peak of her popularity came with the victory against France in it Qatar World Cupand the magazine France Football decided to dedicate its cover to a footballer who avoided the bichampionship of those commanded by Kylian Mbappe.
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The Award Nominee The Best from FIFA The best goalkeeper offered an extensive report to the French media, in which he pointed out the celebrations in the country, after the consecration, when he took a toy with the face of Mbappé: “People threw a lot of dolls at us along the way, they threw almost a hundred at us during the tour (…) I picked it up because it made me laugh, I held it for two seconds and threw it back, that’s all. How could I make fun of Mbappé? If he scored four goals for me! Four goals in the final… He must think that I am his doll!”
“A minute of silence for Mbappé who is dead”, was one of the chants that dominated the scene in the Argentine dressing room inside the Lusail Stadium and Martínez tried to lower the foam of what happened off the pitch: “I didn’t mean to hurt him. Throughout my career I played with many French and never had any problem. In this sense, he revealed the dialogue he had with him after the meeting: “I told him that it was a pleasure to play against him and that he almost won this match alone. He had confirmation that he had immense talent. When Messi stops, I’m sure Kylian will win many Ballon d’Ors.”
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“So, the locker room thing is a locker room thing and it should never have come out. When France beat us in 2018, I remember there were chants about Messi. Likewise, if a team beats Brazil, they will sing about Neymar. There is nothing personal against Mbappé. I respect him enormously. If we sing about him or about Neymar it is because they are cracks, ”he insisted.
On the other hand, he got into the football field to speak for the first time about the sublime cover to Randal Color in the final moments of extra time: “The ball had a strange spin after it bounced and I sensed that I could volley it. I led diagonally, intentionally leaving him a little space to my left, at the near post. As if to say: ‘Put it there’. I pushed him to kick there.”. “Then when he spiked, I opened my left arm and my left leg to close the angle for him. It’s something I had worked on, of course. The fact of having trained for years with great attackers helped me in this play. Immediately afterwards, when the match ended, I said: ‘Wow, what an ending!‘he added.
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In another order, he referred to the position he took when they handed him the Gold Glove and placed it in his crotch: “What I did with the best goalkeeper trophy it was a joke with my classmates. He had already done it in the Copa América, and They all told me: ‘You’re not going to do it again.’ Even Leo (Messi). I did it for them, nothing more. She lasted a second and that’s it ”.
The goalkeeper, who had arrived with “a lot of confidence” at the penalties, told how his technique was born to disorient the rivals in this specific match: “I asked my psychologist what might be going through the shooter’s head right now. When you play a World Cup final, in a stadium of 90,000 people, the slightest thing can affect you. After stopping Coman’s penalty, I knew that Tchouameni’s would be decisive for my country. That’s why I asked the public to stand up and I threw the ball to the side, so that it would walk a little more. We know that between the center circle and the penalty spot, a lot of things go through the player’s head. So by making him walk a little more, he has time to think more.”
Later, he referred to the euphoric celebrations he has staged at the World Cup: “Some may think, ‘Oh, but what a clown’ and they may be right. But if you look closely, in my career I only celebrated decisive moments with the National Team, very specific moments, not in every game. Forwards, on the other hand, can celebrate all the time and some even celebrate their goals to your face. But when an archer makes a gesture or a dance, he surprises. Because?”.
“My colleagues say that I have a fart in the head”, surprised the 30-year-old player when he was asked about his attitudes in shots from 12 steps. That phrase was taken to the cover of the magazine. And he added: “Precisely because I do this kind of thing in moments of extreme tension. I play without fear, I don’t care about anything. Some must be thinking: ‘How can he do this in a World Cup final, when it’s his job? It should be more serious.’”
However, he concluded that these decisions only remain on the pitch: “People who know me know that I am a good guy like Lassie, the dog of the series. A calm boy, who likes to joke, always cheerful. I don’t think he’s particularly arrogant or humble, but it’s my way of dealing with pressure, calming down and feeling confident.”
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