UEFA President Alexander Ceferinconsiders that Lionel Messias captain of the Argentine national team, should have called attention to his teammate, Emiliano Martinezfor his gestures and attitudes after the final of the World Cup in Qatar 2022.
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In the book ‘Messianic‘, the journalists Sebastián Fest, from Argentina, and Alexandre Juillard, from France, include statements by the Slovenian lawyer about the best player in the last World Cup, in which he claims that “I should have said something, told him to stop doing that , to show some respect.”
“I can’t understand that he makes fun of Mbappé”
“In the end, Messi plays all year with -Kylian- Mbappé”, explains the sports leader in reference to the jokes of the Dibu Martinez to the French striker: “If you see how he reacted during penalties… I can’t understand why he makes fun of Mbappé, the puppet thing and things like that. That’s not sportsmanship, it was primitive and I didn’t like it”.
Ceferinwho highlights the “humility” of the Argentine captain, also highlights in that interview the “good job” of the goalkeeper, but believes that “his reactions were primitive.”
About the famous gesture made by the goalkeeper of the astonville when he picked up the award as the best in his position at the Qatar 2022 World Cup and placed it in front of his genitals, the UEFA president thinks it was “a disgusting thing”.
Enzo, Messi, Dibu Martínez and Mbappé were awarded in Qatar
“Prove you’re not a primitive”
“That is not done. You won the World Cup! Show some greatness, show that you are not primitive. You can be a perfect goalkeeper, but if you are not a good person…”, he adds.
In that passage of the book, Ceferin expresses his admiration for the football displayed by Messi in the last World Cup and affirms that “without him, Argentina would not have even reached the quarterfinals”.
“When you don’t know what to do on the pitch, you pass the ball to Messi. I was sure that the final, which was fantastic, was finished, that the cup was already Messi’s. And in the end it was deserved, Argentina was better than France”, he summarizes.
The latest edition of the book “Messianic” (Sudamericana, 2022), an investigation into the life and football career of Leo Messiwas published last week in Spain and the current one in Argentina.
