World Cup: what is the risk of Emiliano Martinez after his misses?

After leading Argentina to success, Emiliano Martinez headed straight for the twisty off-piste track. The goalkeeper was close to the limit during the tournament, but after the victory of Albiceleste on penalties over France, he can no longer be stopped. No sooner had he received the award as the best goalkeeper of the tournament, as the Aston Villa goalkeeper was already imitating an indecent gesture with a trophy. Then he proceeds to a long series of skids.

The Mar del Plata native called on Mbappe for a moment of silence during the celebration in his team’s dressing room. Shared room in the football locker room, but the 30-year-old then carried a puppet of the Blues striker during the Argentine parade in Buenos Aires. Rebelote, he repeats his signature toy gesture as fans burn a fake coffin that has the PSG star’s head duct-taped onto it.

The snowball effect, the goalkeeper’s obsession with the French brings Argentine fans to excesses and the main provocateur seems to feed on this atmosphere. “When you have strong emotions, it is sometimes difficult to control them,” confirmed Unai Emery, his coach at Aston Villa, who was invited to respond to the foal’s provocations. In Birmingham, a little rethinking is likely to be needed: “I’ll talk to him next week about certain celebrations,” hired a Spanish technician, nonetheless “very proud of him” for the final victory.

The former PSG coach prescribed Emiliano Martinez a few days of rest to bring down the temperature. Other athletes are also outraged. “FIFA must take on its responsibilities and call for order so that this does not happen again,” Herve Renard said on RTL about bullying Argentina.

Le Grae wrote a letter to the Argentine Federation

“Obviously there were inappropriate remarks,” Amelie Oudea-Castera grimaced on the same wavelength this Friday. I immediately reacted when there were racist attacks among the Argentine fans against some of our players. I also saw how this little taunt touched Aurélien Chuameni. It’s just vulgar, inappropriate and inappropriate. »

Mic in hand on a stage erected on Thursday in his city of Mar del Plata, Martinez really taunted Real Madrid’s midfield for missing a shot on goal: “He shit on him. “Many fake supporters did not wait for this release to pour racist insults on the social networks of some of the Blues players.

Noel Le Grae wrote to his “colleague from the Argentine Federation”, he told Ouest-France. “I find these excesses abnormal in the context of competitive sports and I find it hard to understand. This is going too far. Mbappe’s behavior was exemplary. »

Contacted, the Argentine federation did not respond. FIFA also has radio silence. The disciplinary code of football’s governing body prescribes punishments of “at least one match or of adequate duration”, “unsportsmanlike conduct towards an opponent”, and “at least two matches” for any provocation towards spectators. These penalties also apply if fouls are committed “out of bounds”.

“When children imitate this…”

FIFA opened a case against Argentina after a sharp quarter-final against the Netherlands. Fifteen yellow cards were handed out, Dutchman Dumfries was sent off and Martinez called referee Mateu Lahoz “useless”. Thus, the goalkeeper’s flights do not date back to the final. “It’s true that I sometimes behaved … When children imitate this behind their backs …,” he complained to Clarin reporters before the tournament.

Remember, though, that Dibou, although irritated by Mbappe’s comments about the level of South American football, was one of the first to send Bondinois a gesture of consolation at the end of the final. Willance’s porter didn’t invent trash talk either. Last July Frenchmen Mike Meignan and Theo Hernandez had to pay €4,000 to the Italian Football Association for insulting rivals Inter during a championship celebration in Milan.

In 2019, UEFA demanded €20,000 from Cristiano Ronaldo for a gesture of the same magnitude as Martinez’s after his Champions League goal. In France, former football club defender Taye Taiwo was suspended for one match and fined 20,000 euros for singing against PSG after Marseille’s victory in the 2011 League Cup final. Football has always been ridiculed. It remains to be seen if the Dibu will calm down before the patrol catches up with it.