Argentina won their third FIFA World Cup title in the most dramatic of circumstances, with a 3-3 (4-2) win over France.
The game was full of ups and downs for Lionel Messi & co. Leo himself got in the scoring act twice, once in normal time and in extra time.
Kylian Mbappe ensured that France would not go down, scoring a brace in the space of two minutes and forcing-extra time. He completed his hat trick in extra time, scoring his second penalty to force a penalty shootout.
But after the extra time whistle had blown, the game had entered Emiliano Martinez territory.
The Aston Villa goalkeeper had already proven himself as an impeccable penalty shoot-out specialist by helping his side defeat the Netherlands in a heated shootout in the quarter-finals.
Martinez was well aware of the huge stakes of a World Cup final penalty shoot-out but produced an ice-cold performance under immense pressure.
He saved Kingsley Coman’s penalty to give Argentina an early lead, before forcing Aurelien Tchouameni into missing his spot-kick by riling him up with some triggering actions moments before the spot-kick.
The Villa goalkeeper scripted his name in the World Cup books by helping his side win the final with his heroics. After the game was over, Martinez unleashed his goofy self and did not even care about what people thought about his hilarious actions.
He was an extremely vocal figure in their celebrations and partied like there is no tomorrow. Martinez’s heroics in the penalty shoot-out also helped him win the Golden Glove, which is given to the Best Goalkeeper of the World Cup.
Moments after getting the award, Martinez was asked to proceed to the centre of the stage to give some pictures to the media.
But immediately after receiving it, he just put the centre of the glove on his crotch area to make it seem like it was his willy.
It was just another NSFW moment including him, where he probably indicates that he has gigantic balls, but this isn’t the first time he’s done something like this. This ‘crotch thrust’ celebration seems to be a favourite one of his, as the goalkeeper has done it quite a few times.
He did so even after Argentina’s Copa America win last year, placing the Golden Glove of that competition on his crotch for a similar celebration as well as doing it with the Copa trophy itself!
Emiliano is a very easily hateable character for any opposition supporters because of his triggering actions and tendency to disrespect opposition players.
Last year in the Copa America semi-final penalty shootout against Colombia, Martinez said ‘You’re laughing but you’re nervous … I’m going to eat you alive,’ to Yerry Mina – forcing him to miss his shot. During that shootout, he also pulled out his crotch thrust celebration.
Emiliano also trolled Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes last season after saving his last-minute penalty in Villa’s 0-0 draw at Old Trafford.
He tried to instigate Cristiano Ronaldo to take the penalty, making Bruno nervous enough to miss the penalty. Martinez followed this by producing the crotch-out celebration at the Stretford End to infuriate the United fans.
What makes Martinez so good is he doesn’t care about the hate he gets or any criticism that comes his way. His stock has definitely sky-rocketed after this World Cup and many major clubs will probably be in the race to get this ultimate s***house in their team next summer.
