This Tuesday, January 17, Lionel Scaloni, the coach of the Argentina team, spoke about the behavior of goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez after their victory against France in the final of the World Cup in Qatar in the program El Partidazo on the Cadena COPE channel.
Emiliano Martinez, the goalkeeper of the Argentina national football team, shone during the World Cup in Qatar and gave victory to his team by stopping several shots on goal for the Blues. He was praised for his career in the competition by receiving the prestigious Golden Glove award for the best goalkeeper in the World Cup. If Emiliano Martinez could have decided to celebrate this distinction joyfully, he finally decided to provoke the French supporters by making an obscene gesture with his trophy, an image that marked the viewers at the end of the competition. Besides, FIFA has decided to open proceedings against Argentina for “offensive behavior”.
Emiliano Martinez and his many provocations
The Argentinian goalkeeper unfortunately did not stop there! Indeed, he continued to mock the French players while celebrating their victory in Argentina. Emiliano Martinez, 30, held up during their parade in the heart of Buenos Aires a baby doll with the face of Kylian Mbappé, a provocative attitude to which the young French player decided not to respond. His behavior was also singled out by Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, “As much as our French team knew how to lose with panache, the way in which this Argentine team acted following this victory, I find, is not worthy of the match we saw“, she said on RTL.
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“It’s amazing how good he is”
Since the many provocations of the Argentine goalkeeper, no one had yet spoken about the player’s behavior: Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni. He was interviewed on the show El Partidazo on the Cadena COPE channel about the player’s offensive behavior and made a point as reported by the media brand. “There are attitudes of which Dibu Martinez (his nickname, editor’s note) is certainly not proud, but he is a spectacular boy. He’s a kid. It’s amazing how good he is, you should know him”, he explained. “It was one of the discoveries that gave us a lot of joy. He has a personality that has brought a lot to the group. There are behaviors… but he’s a kid.“Explanations that are not likely to convince everyone.
