Emiliano Martinez as soon as once more emerged because the hero for Argentina from a penalty shoot-out encounter on Sunday afternoon.
The Aston Villa goalkeeper used a bundle of methods to place off France’s penalty takers earlier than the South American outfit emerged victorious from the thrilling encounter.
It wasn’t the primary event – and unlikely to be the final – the place Martinez harnesses the darkish arts to startle his opponent and right here Sportsmail seems to be at his 5 act of shoot-out skullduggery.
Emiliano Martinez was awarded the Golden Glove after his performances within the World Cup
Spot-on method to ball placement
‘Ref, the ball isn’t on the spot.’ It’s. Emiliano Martinez is aware of it’s. But Argentina’s goalkeeper likes having the referee test to disrupt the penalty-taker’s course of.
In Sunday’s World Cup closing shootout, Martinez requested Szymon Marciniak to test the ball’s placement earlier than Kylian Mbappe and Kingsley Coman’s penalties and the referee did so each occasions, issuing a thumbs up.
Martinez spoke with the referee forward of a number of France penalties in an try and disrupt
Speaking the speak
Martinez talks and talks and talks. Throughout Argentina’s 2021 Copa America semi-final win over Colombia, with no supporters within the stands, we may hear what Martinez was saying to Yerry Mina.
‘You’re nervous. You’re nervous. Hey, the ball is forward (of the spot). Hey, the ball is forward.’ Referee Jesus Valenzuela checks. It’s nice. ‘Yeah, yeah, flip a blind eye.’
Martinez turns his consideration again to Mina. ‘Hey, look. I do know the place you’ll shoot after which reserve it. I’m consuming you up, brother.’ He saves Mina’s shot and celebrates by leaping — and humping — into the air.
Marciniak’s endurance on Sunday lastly snapped earlier than Randal Kolo Muani’s penalty. It wasn’t proven on TV however Marciniak bodily pushes Martinez away as a result of he’s making an attempt to speak to Kolo Muani as he’s putting the ball on the spot.
It’s then that Martinez is proven a yellow card.
Martinez emerged victorious in a battle with Yerry Mina through the 2021 Copa America
Enjoying to the gang
Talking of celebrations, not like different goalkeepers, Martinez doesn’t maintain again when he makes a save. It has been stated that he does this to say authority.
By displaying his confidence, the following taker is nervous. After saving Coman’s spot-kick, he jumped and punched the air thrice earlier than telling the Argentina supporters to make extra noise.
To not point out that Alan Pardew-esque dance after Aurelien Tchouameni’s miss.
The Aston Villa goalkeeper danced away after watching Tchouameni’s penalty fly broad
Piling on the stress
Throwing the ball away from a taker is a disrespectful act which ought to end in a yellow card from the referee.
Tchouameni needed to go and fetch the ball, taking him out of his stride and including to his pondering time.
How a lot stress that added to his penalty, solely Tchouameni will know.
The goalkeeper tossed the ball away from the Actual Madrid midfielder previous to his spot-kick
Cease different gamesmanship
Martinez desires to stops opposition goalkeepers from doing what he does. Within the 2022 Carabao Cup closing, when Liverpool beat Chelsea 11-10 on penalties, goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher went out of his solution to retrieve the ball at any time when he was crushed, defending it in order that Kepa Arrizabalaga couldn’t use it to psych out the opposing penalty-taker.
These directions, it later emerged, got here from neuro11, the German neuroscience firm whose motto is ‘practice your mind’ and who had been employed by Liverpool to enhance them mentally.
When France scored towards Argentina in Sunday’s shootout, Martinez likewise bought maintain of the ball, leaving Hugo Lloris unable to repeat his cheeky ways.
