Dibu Martínez set off the alarms in Argentina: his gestures of pain due to a discomfort in one of his legs

* The annoyance of Dibu Martínez at the end of the match

Dibu Martinez is one of the players who, after his great performance in the last Copa América, which crowned the Argentine national team champion in the mythical maracana, became one of the key pieces of the team led by Lionel Scaloni. The former Independiente won the affection of the fans and is one of the players who earned a place on the list of 26 players who will be in the Qatar World Cup 2022.

Just over 60 days before the start of the World Cup, the Aston Villa goalkeeper again caused concern for a play that occurred in the final minutes of the duel that the Birmingham team beat Southampton 1-0 for date 13 of the Premier League.

Argentina’s number 1 he threw himself on the ground and began to touch the quadriceps area of ​​his right leg. With clear gestures of pain, the goalkeeper requested the admission of the medical staff of his team. After a short time, Martínez sat up and asked the coach Steven Gerrard to wait and not change him for the substitute goalkeeper. Moreover, after this movement, he stood up and crouched down, grabbing both legs.

It should be noted that for Aston Villa it was the first arc undefeated in 11 games so far in the Premier League. Moreover, this Friday, Dibu celebrated two years since he arrived at the team from Arsenal. This was just the second win for those led by Gerrard in the championship. The winning goal was scored by Jacob Ramsey 41 minutes into the opening stage.

A couple of weeks ago, in the valuable draw that Aston Villa achieved at home against Manchester City in Pep GuardiolaMartínez had already shown an ailment, but in the left leg, in the adductor area, which this Friday drew attention.

Dibu will be one of the three goalkeepers that Scaloni mentioned for the last FIFA window of friendlies that the Argentine team will play in the United States. Beside Franco Armani and Geronimo Rulli, the rest of the summoned will be measured on September 23 against Honduras in Miami and then, on September 27, against Jamaica in New York. After those friendlies, Scaloni will have to put together a pre-list with a maximum of 35 players that must be presented to FIFA before October 21.

From that payroll, the coach will later make a cut until he is left with the 26 who will travel to the World Cup. Albiceleste’s debut will be on November 22 against Saudi Arabia for the first date of Group C. On the 26th they will play against Mexico and will close their participation in the zone on the 30th against Poland.

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