Final Up to date: December 21, 2022, 14:08 IST
Argentina Goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez (AP Picture)
Standing atop the open-top bus, Martinez was noticed holding a child doll adorned with a photograph of Mbappe’s face
Lionel Messi’s Argentina received the World Cup in dramatic style on Sunday as they beat France 4-2 on penalties. With this, Argentina now have three World Cups to their title. The blockbuster match went to a penalty kick shootout after the groups reached full time with a 3-3 tie. La Albiceleste clinched a win for the ages after Argentina scored 4 of the penalty kicks to France’s two. Argentina’s goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez performed an enormous position in his staff’s memorable win as he saved Kingsley Coman’s penalty within the shoot-out.
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After his heroics within the World Cup closing, Martinez has grabbed the headlines together with his antics off the sphere. Because the victorious Argentina squad landed again in Buenos Aires, tens of millions of jubilant followers turned out on the streets on Tuesday to get a glimpse of their heroes through the open-top bus parade.
Whereas the ecstatic Argentina squad soaked up the celebratory scene amid an estimated 4 million followers within the nation’s capital, Martínez used the event to mock France’s star striker Kylian Mbappe.
Standing atop the open-top bus, Martinez was noticed holding a child doll adorned with a photograph of Mbappe’s face.
Martinez’s image with a Mbappé child doll goes viral on social media. Nonetheless, netizens are divided over Martinez’s behaviour. Whereas some followers have expressed their admiration for the heroic Argentine goalkeeper, many followers have slammed his antics.
One fan wrote, “Emi Martinez is a type of, isn’t he? Adored if he performs for the membership/nation you help, despised by the vast majority of the remainder.”
Emi Martinez is a type of, isn’t he? Adored if he performs for the membership/nation you help, despised by the vast majority of the remainder…— Neal 🇦🇺 (@NealGardner_) December 20, 2022
One other fan prompt that Martinez was obsessive about Mbappe and tweeted, “This truthfully makes me chuckle, if you happen to have been to point out this picture to a causal soccer fan that didn’t watch the ultimate, you’d suppose Emi Martínez had Kylian in his pocket all recreation. The reality is, Mbappé made this man decide the ball out of the again of the web 4 occasions. Precise obsession.”
This truthfully makes me chuckle, if you happen to have been to point out this picture to a causal soccer fan that didn’t watch the ultimate, you’d suppose Emi Martínez had Kylian in his pocket all recreation. The reality is, Mbappé made this man decide the ball out of the again of the web 4 occasions. Precise obsession. pic.twitter.com/oq2z0h7cYQ
— RMZZ (@RMBlancoZz) December 20, 2022
Twitter consumer @SmnLlyd5 tweeted that Martinez ought to simply merely benefit from the World Cup win as a substitute of bringing Mbappe into it.
If I have been Emi Martinez I might merely simply benefit from the profitable bit as a substitute of bringing Mbappe into it, for no matter motive— Si Lloyd (@SmnLlyd5) December 20, 2022
Emiliano Martinez at the moment performs for Aston Villa within the Premier League. After his sensational efficiency within the World Cup, speculations are rife that he might transfer on from Aston Villa. Studies counsel that Bayern Munich is focused on signing up the Argentine.
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