If we don’t talk about the surprising elimination of the world champion in the quarter-finals in the America Cupif the presence of is not questioned Lionel Messi the 90 minutes on the field against Ecuador Despite being noticeably diminished physically, it is only because Emiliano Martinez. The ‘Drawing Phenomenon’ continues to add chapters to collect. It is becoming more and more gigantic and transcendent in Argentina and finally, in the joys that the best player in history enjoys…
After the two penalties that Draw He saved the shot in the definition against Ecuadorhe came out himself Messi to raise his archer: “I knew that Draw He is always there in these moments. He likes these moments and we know that he is always there. He makes himself great. In addition, he is great under the goal. We had a lot of faith. He told us that if there were penalties we should be calm. In the penalties we know that with Draw We have an advantage.”
Leo He also referred to his physical condition and the pain in his right adductor: “I felt fine. I had no discomfort, nothing… Yes, a little scared,” he admitted. And then he spoke about the penalty that bounced and hit the crossbar: “I was very angry. I was convinced to kick it like that. I had talked about it with Drawwith Rulli. He was kicking several cross shots in a row… And in fact the goalkeeper threw himself cross-field… But oh well, that’s it.” After that missed shot by the 10, the show of Drawalthough in the 90 minutes he had already blocked two one-on-one attempts and had intimidated Enner Valencia in a penalty that he took and hit the post.
And about Emiliano Martinez The coach also said special words Lionel Scaloni: “The team has blind faith in their goalkeeper during the penalty shoot-out and knows that something positive is going to happen. The goalkeepers either get close to or take penalties. When Dibu saves one, he saves it. He even makes noise on the pitch when he saves it. Luckily, he is Argentine.”
Lautaro Martinez agreed with both Lionel: “Draw He is an animal. When we get to penalties, we are calm. Having a goalkeeper like him always gives you an advantage.” And Christian ‘Cuti’ Romero He added: “He is a nice madman. It is very important to have him at the back. And he is very important in penalties. I think that deep down he wanted us to go to penalties… He likes them.”
By then, he had already said his piece. Emiliano Martinez: “They made things very difficult for us. We couldn’t play very well. They played a great game. We had to go through. I told the boys that I wasn’t ready to go home. Even though we are champions of America and the World, this group deserved to continue in the cup. I’m excited.”
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Followed Draw: “I get a lot of joy from the crowd. I had my family around. These are special moments. I work for this. I shoot 500 times a day in every training session. I always keep myself in good shape. I try to be at my best for the national team. People deserve it because they spend their money to come and see us. I want to continue growing as a goalkeeper and as a person.”
Champion of America against Brazil at the Maracanã, champion of the Finalissima against Italy, world champion in Qatar 2022 in an epic final against France… Now semi-finalist of the Copa América in the United States… Always with his decisive contributions, during the game and in penalties. There he is. Drawing Martinez pushing to declare that he has become the most important goalkeeper in the history of the Albiceleste.
In penalty shootouts, he won all 4 of them against Argentina. In addition to those against Colombia (Copa América in Brazil), Holland and France (both in Qatar), he added this one against Ecuador. With the national team, he has already had 24 penalties taken against him and only 12 were scored: 9 saved, 2 missed and 1 hit the post.
