Argentina national team GK Emiliano Martinez (30), who caused controversy at the award ceremony of the soccer World Cup (World Cup) tournament in Qatar, mocked French national team FW Kylian Mbappe (24), according to several foreign media in December 2022. reported on the 20th.
Argentina won the World Cup final at Lusail Stadium on 18 December, beating France on penalties for the third time in 36 years. The representative who returned home after the tournament held a victory parade in his village on the 20th and reported the victory to local fans.
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Martinez caused controversy at the awards ceremony (Photo: AP/AFLO)
Martinez: Mbappe doesn’t know football enough
The players who participated in the parade shared the joy of victory with the fans in the car. According to several foreign media outlets, Martinez brought a doll with a cropped photo of Mbappe’s face and exploded with joy in the car.
The football media “Football ESPANA” (WEB version) published an article entitled “Martinez continued to tease Mbappe at the parade”, and it is no exaggeration to say that Martinez enjoys teasing Mbappe.
The media commented on the “fate” passed between Martinez and Mbappe and explained the actions taken by Martinez.
According to the article, Mbappe said just before the World Cup in Qatar, “South American football hasn’t advanced like Europe. That’s why it is always Europe that wins the World Cup.” “He doesn’t know football enough. He’s never played in South America,” Martinez said.
Martinez’s actions were also noted at the medal ceremony after the tournament. Martinez, who won the Golden Glove Award given to the best goalkeeper of the tournament, expressed his joy by placing the golden glove trophy he received during the awards ceremony on his groin. This act was criticized by foreign media as “inappropriate”, “obscene” and “vulgar” and caused controversy.
On the other hand, Mbappe scored a hat-trick in the final match and, in the scoring chart, won the tournament’s top scorer with 8 points, suppressing 7 points from Argentine FW representative Lionel Messi (35).
