Emiliano Martinez pulled up his shorts and performed a dance in front of Argentina바카라s fans. (More Football News)
Once again the Argentina goalkeeper was his country바카라s penalty-shootout star, this time at the World Cup as his saves helped them set-up a semi-final tie against Croatia.
Emiliano Martinez pulled up his shorts and performed a dance in front of Argentina바카라s fans. (More Football News)
Once again the Argentina goalkeeper was his country바카라s penalty-shootout star, this time at the World Cup.
Martinez made diving saves off penalties from Virgil van Dijk and Steven Berghuis in a 4-3 shootout win over the Netherlands in the quarterfinals on Friday, after the match finished 2-2 after extra time.
바카라I couldn바카라t help the boys by making a save in the first 90 minutes,바카라 Martinez said, 바카라but I had to help them there.바카라
It바카라s not the first time he has led Argentina to victory in a shootout.
Last year in the Copa America semifinals, the Aston Villa goalkeeper opted for an unconventional, controversial strategy before stopping shots from Davinson Sanchez, Yerry Mina and Edwin Cardona as Argentina won 3-2 on penalties.
As Colombia바카라s players got ready to take their kicks, the 30-year-old Martinez confronted them.
바카라I am sorry, but I will stop you, bro,바카라 Martinez yelled before he saved from Sanchez.
바카라You바카라re laughing because you바카라re nervous,바카라 he then told Mina. 바카라I know you.바카라
Argentina went on to beat Brazil in the final to end a 28-year wait for a major title.
Martinez was hardly restrained against the Netherlands, either. Before the shootout began, Martínez looked at the Argentina fans behind him and whipped them up. The noise was deafening inside Lusail Stadium as the Dutch players took their penalties.
When it was Berghuis바카라 turn, Martinez took the ball from the Netherlands substitute to distract him.
Martinez then made the save and danced a jig.
바카라Thank God I saved two, and I could have saved more,바카라 said Martínez, who fell to the ground after Lautaro Martinez converted the winning penalty before getting to his feet and running toward the Dutch bench to insult his opponents.
Much of his vitriol might have been directed at Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal, who spoke ahead of the game about how confident he was that his team would win if it went to a penalty shootout.
Martinez said he took a screenshot of Van Gaal바카라s words and sent them to his psychologist.
바카라It lit the dynamite,바카라 Martinez said.
바카라In football, I learned that people do their talking on the field. They said a lot of stupid things before the game ... That made me stronger.바카라
Speaking about Van Gaal in particular, Martinez said: 바카라I think he needs to keep his mouth shut.바카라
Martinez didn바카라t stop there. He also criticized the performance of Spanish referee, Antonio Mateu, saying he 바카라was giving everything for바카라 the Netherlands them.
바카라He gave 10 minutes (of stoppage time) for no reason, he gave them free kicks outside the box two or three times,바카라 Martinez said. 바카라He just wanted them to score. That바카라s basically it.
바카라I hope we don바카라t have that referee any more. He is useless.바카라