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Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez has made it to the headlines following his out-of-the-box gesture after receiving the golden glove award in the aftermath of Argentina’s win in the final of the FIFA World Cup 2022. Subsequently, he also came on the target of the critics who called him out and termed his gesture on the night of the final as ‘lewd’.
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Recently, the star goalie has come up with a statement in which he talked about the reason behind his gesture on the final night.
"I did it because the French booed me. Pride does not work with me,” said Martinez to the Argentine radio station La Red.
Later on, the del Plata-based keeper went on to talk about the fairy tale title win of Argentina in the 22nd edition of the tournament. The Aston Villa goalkeeper said that they felt it was pre-destined in the fate of the team.
Here's the video of the gesture from Emiliano Martinez
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Emiliano dedicated the historic victory to his family. "It was a very complicated match, they came back to equalize in the game but it was our destiny to suffer," he added later.
"All that I have dreamed of has been achieved. I have no words for it and I was calm during the penalty shoot-out, and everything went as we wanted. I left very young for England. Eventually, I dedicate this victory to all my family,” he added later.
Speaking of the thrilling final between Argentina and France, the former dominated the first half of the match, thanks to the brilliant goals from skipper Lionel Messi and senior center-forward Angel de Maria. But the star French prodigy Kylian Mbappe turned the tables in favor of France. He smashed back-to-back stunners in the 80th and 81st minute of the match to level the score with a score line of 2-2.
Eventually, both Messi and Mbappe scored one goal each in the 108th and 118th minute of the match respectively which ended the match in a tie with the score of 3-3. But they were the Argentines who held their nerves to win the match by 4-2 in the penalty shootouts.