Argentina-France: Albiceleste goalkeeping coach talks behind the scenes of the penalty shoot-out

Like all Argentines, he barely returns to earth: “I’m happy, I’m trying to enjoy a little, get back to reality,” Matin Tocalli said into the microphone of the Argentine radio station Radio Con Vos Matin Tocalli. The Argentine goalkeeping coach undoubtedly enjoyed his title a bit more than the others, the one who was responsible for training the very determined – and now controversial – Emiliano Martinez.

Martinez, who used cunning and talent to stop Kingsley Coman’s shot on goal and forced Aurélien Chuameni to miss, allowing Argentina to fulfill their dream.

“I tell him: you have to go, shut up, everything will be fine”

“At that time, we first started talking about shooters,” says Tocalli. And then I told him (Editor’s note: Martinez) that I felt he was calm. I told him : it’s your time, I believe you, shut up, everything will be fine. We have already said that we have never seen some of their players take a penalty like Coman did, so I guess there was nothing more to say, I felt really calm and confident in him. That’s why I told him to shut up, as if I wanted to tell him to go there and make us win. »

Tocalli emphasized the importance of attitude, at least the confidence that Martinez exuded at the decisive moment: “He was very convinced, he always feels like a winner, he feels that he can succeed, I think that this is partly what helps him achieve success. this speech, he assured. Confidence is very important, especially in a goalkeeper. »

When asked about the best goalkeepers of the tournament, he obviously called Martinez the crown: “The first racket of the world is Emiliano, he proved it, he had a great world championship.” And on the podium he praises the unfortunate finalist: “It is no coincidence that in two World Cups, with two finals, he had good performances, excellent matches with few mistakes,” he assures about Hugo Lloris.