The Argentinian Emiliano ‘Dibu’ Martinez and the Chilean Christiane Endler are nominated for The Best Awards for the best goalkeepers of 2022 in the male and female category, Fifa announced.
‘Dibu’ was one of the main architects of the world Cup won by Argentina last december in Qatar and won the award for best goalkeeper at that event.
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The Aston Villa goalkeeper will compete for this prestigious award with the Belgian Thibaut Courtois, winner of the Champions League with Real Madrid, and with the Moroccan Yassine Bounou, who reached a historic fourth place with his team in Qatar-2022.
explanations
Martínez broke the silence and explained why he made the decision to mock the French once he was crowned world champion in Qatar.
The goalkeeper explained in France Football what he did, already in much calmer words.
“I didn’t mean to hurt anyone. Throughout my career I’ve grown up with the French and I’ve never had the slightest problem. You can ask Giroud (they were teammates at England’s Arsenal) what kind of person I am. really likes the French culture and mentality,” he said.
And he added: “So, the locker room thing is a locker room thing and it should never have come out. When France beat us in 2018, I remember there were chants about Messi (including Kanté, who had marked him very well). Likewise, if a team beats Brazil, they will sing about Neymar. There is nothing personal against Mbappé. I respect him enormously. If we sing about him or about Neymar it’s because they’re cracks”.
He also referred to the song to Mbappé with the minute of silence: “for Mbappé who is dead” and the doll that he carried in the celebration.
“People threw a lot of dolls at us along the way, they threw almost a hundred at us during the tour… At that moment a doll with Mbappé’s face fell at my feet, I picked it up because it made me laugh, I grabbed it for two seconds and threw it back, that’s all. How could I make fun of Mbappé? If he scored four goals for me! Four goals in the final… He must think I’m his doll! I repeat: I have enormous respect for Mbappé. And I even tell you one thing: he is the best French player I have ever seen in my life”, he stated.
Martínez, architect of the Argentine title, said that he spoke with the Frenchman, who exchanged a few words.
“After the game I told him that he could be proud of himself and keep his head up because he played a great game and was one of the best players in the world. I also told him that it was a pleasure to play against him, that he almost won this final alone. He is a boy with immense talent. I realized facing him that he is different. When Leo leaves football, he will win many Ballon d’Ors ”, he declared.
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“People threw a bunch of dolls at us along the way. I grabbed him for two seconds because he made me laugh and I threw him back. How could I make fun of Mbappé? If he scored four goals for me in the final… He must think that I am his doll!”
🗣️ I drew Martinez in @francefootball. pic.twitter.com/Z4Ew2CFoao
— dataref (@dataref_ar) February 10, 2023
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