The conquest of the World Cup in Qatar 2022 by the Argentine team cannot be understood without the figure of Emiliano Martinez. Past his historic foot before Kolo Muani in the end, with 3-3 on the scoreboard and a few seconds from the end of extra timehe ‘I drew‘ was decisive in the subsequent penalty shootout… And in the quarterfinal against Netherlandsstopping him Virgil van Dijk and berghuis the first two launches of the Dutch.
“The first person I saw was Messi”
While all his classmates ran to hug Lautaro Martinezauthor of the definitive 3-4 in the lottery, Leo Messi went for the goalkeeper astonvillewhich this Tuesday has referred to that moment in the framework of an event of the brand ‘xiaohongshu‘ in Bejing (China), where on Thursday Argentina will play a friendly against Australia. “By the time we reached the semifinals, we knew it was a big step towards the dream of winning the World Cup. I remember falling to the ground thinking: ‘We did it!’ The first person I saw was Leo and he told me: ‘Thank you for saving us. again’, for what had happened in the penalties of the Copa América”, in which the ‘I drew‘ He was also the hero of the Albiceleste by stopping three shots from eleven meters before Colombiathis time in the semifinals.
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“For him -Messi- to tell me that, probably the best player in the history of football, for me it’s a huge achievement, a pleasure. I like to say that I would die for him on the field, and I try to help him,” he continued. Martinezultimately awarded the Gold Glove at the World Cup and Chosen as the best goalkeeper of 2022 at the ‘The Best’ awards in front of Thibaut CourtoisLeague and Champions League champion with the real Madridand Yassine BonoZamora of LaLiga 2021-22 and semifinalist in Qatar with Morocco.
“For Messi to tell me that, probably the best player in the history of football, for me it’s a huge achievement, a pleasure”
