The mutual winks multiply. It is natural that everyone worships the genius with the manifestations of him. The magic of him makes it almost obvious. What is not usual is that this alien footballer caresses the same teammate with reactions and words over and over again. It happens that Emiliano Martinez repeats the behavior of most players with Lionel Messi. It also happens that Leo He gives gestures and praises more than often to Back. It is the powerful connection between 10 and 23 that drives Argentina and his dreams of world champion.
It is worth looking again at that moment when Lautaro Martinez closes the series of penalties against Netherlands. All the Argentine players run to celebrate with the goalscorer of the Inter. All but one. All but Messi. Observa Leo than the other Martínez, Emilianothe goalkeeper, the man who saved the first two shots, at the other end of the field collapses and is lying face down on the very green grass of the Lusail.
Messiminutes later, raise to emi martinez: “Back saved us again. It’s a monster.” The goalkeeper, almost at the same time, defines: “Leo always complies; I try to help him as much as I can.” Together they are also able to approach the president of the AFA, Claudio Tapia, to give him a hug and with complicity tell him: “Enjoy it Gordo, you deserve it.”
A little over three years ago, when he still had not managed to establish himself at Arsenal, when he had not yet starred in the most expensive transfer in the history of an Argentine goalkeeper, in a warm-up for a match for the Albiceleste, Emiliano Martinez was substitute. So, he went to the goal to act as goalkeeper-sparring, to save the free kicks that Messi usually takes in each preview. Always Back He remembers that he managed to deflect a powerful left-footed shot at 10. His pride was so inflated by that episode that he kept that video recorded by ESPN.
Now the personal file you have Back con Messi grew exponentially. There must be few footballers who hold a superior one, or even who manage to match it. What Emiliano Martinez He will never be able to show with total accuracy how much his personality influenced the transformation of Leo’s character every time he puts on the light blue and white. Simple coincidence, or not so much, the 10 began to be “maradonized” from Back he won the tussle for ownership Frank Armani.
The relationship Messi-Dibu got much closer Brazil America Cup. At first, cunning in speech, Martínez took the first step with a phrase overflowing with forcefulness: “I want to be a champion first of all for Messi”. Later, he added many other arguments that caught the captain. The goalkeeper’s historic penalties came with the viralized “Look how I eat you, brother, look how I eat you…” … The birth of his daughter who Emiliano He did not attend to respect the concentration from the beginning to the end … Leo’s harangue before beating Brazil in the maracana Acknowledging everything that the goalkeeper had resigned…
Dibu Martinez He has amazing mental strength. Maybe it’s because she abandoned her sea of silver native at the age of 12, separating from his family and settling in a pension in Avellaneda. He soon flew to Arsenal de Wengerbefore debuting in Independent, but it took him nearly a decade to establish himself as a starter. He never gave up, among other things, because he believes in psychology. He appealed to his psychologist after the defeat against Saudi Arabia. Also in the preview with Netherlands. He showed him the capture that she had taken with her cell phone of the statements of Van Gaal saying that orange had an advantage if they went to penalties. “He lit dynamite,” he said. Back with access to semis assured.
Search Emiliano Martinez psychic injections in different places, even using rival expressions. But that resource does not only apply to him. It also extends it to Messi. He tells 10 some things that are said about him to make him “angry”, to multiply his desire to round off a great game. Y Back He whitens it naturally: “The goalkeeper had said that if there was a penalty he would save it. I showed that to Leo and told him that they were ‘gaping’ him. And he told me that he was going to score two goals for them. He did more: he scored the two penalties and gave an incredible assist ”.
Messi y Dibu, o Dibu y Messi. No matter the order. It is for each other. It is the connection that drives Argentina and his dreams of world champion.
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