Emiliano Martínez: A Goalkeeper with Humor and Resilience

Not even in the most critical moments does Emiliano Martínez lose his spirit and sense of humor. The Argentine goalkeeper, who made a gross mistake in the draw against Liverpool in his team’s last appearance in the Premier League (it was 3-3 at Villa Park), mocked himself on social networks when a negative statistic that left him exposed to everyone: he became the goalkeeper with the most own goals in the history of the British league.

Last year, Dibu put the ball into his goal in the 4-2 defeat against Arsenal and in the 3-1 win against Luton (all three games at home), so he now became the only goalkeeper in the team. history of the Premier League in conceding three goals. The statistic marks that he separated from six colleagues who had two: the Czech Petr Cech (Chelsea), the Irish Shay Given (Newcastle), the Finnish Jussi Jääskeläinen (Bolton) and the English Robert Green (West Ham), Mark Bunn (Northampton ) and Tom Heaton (Burnley).

In a post on the ESPN Instagram page, in which the games in which he scored against were mentioned and it was also mentioned that he is the first goalkeeper to register three in the Premier (it has been played since 1992), Martínez used a well-known popular phrase by comedian Nazareno Mottola in the Sin Codificador program: “Don’t burn me”, along with a couple of emojis with a face crying with laughter.

The post by Dibu Martínez for his negative statistics

Emiliano Dibu Martínez had a bad drink at the start of the match between Aston Villa and Liverpool. The goalkeeper of the Argentine team made a mistake that ended in a goal against. It was an unfortunate play for the man from Mar del Plata who wanted to cut off a cross, but his attempt ended badly. The goalkeeper’s frustrated face was eloquent and had an impact at dawn of the match on the 37th and penultimate date of the Premier League. One minute into the game, Harvey Elliott sent a cross from the right and the ball deflected off Pau Torres. This dislocated Dibu Martínez, who wanted to grab the ball, but he lost it and ended up scoring against his fence.

Despite this, at 11 minutes, Los Villanos equalized with a great goal from Belgian Youri Tielemans, who received it inside the area and put it in. At 23 ‘, Cody Gakpo scored 2-1, in a definition that warranted VAR analysis due to an alleged offside by Joseph Gomez, but his legal position was later shown to be confirmed. At the beginning of the complement the Reds struck again because at 48 ‘Harvey Elliott executed a perfect free kick from the left and Jarell Quansah won from above and his header made it 3-1.

Klopp’s team wanted to finish him off, but Dibu Martínez appeared to drown out Trent Alexander-Arnold’s scream after a shot from outside the area. The Argentine goalkeeper’s save was a positive boost for Aston Villa. The emotions grew in the end since in the 85th minute Mac Allister lost it at the start and it was stolen by the Colombian Jhon Durán, who hit a lethal left foot shot that achieved Aston Villa’s discount. Motivated by their second goal, Aston Villa went for more and in the 87th minute Leon Bailey shot at the goal and his shot deflected off Durán, which dislodged Alisson Becker and it was 3-3 that decorated the result.

Dibu apologized to the fans for his mistake in the last draw against Liverpool (REUTERS/Carl Recine)

The team of Dibu Martínez and Emiliano Buendía required a victory that would have ensured their place in the main European tournament, which they knew how to win in 1982. They have 68 points and with 63 they are their opponent, Tottenham, who will play the match this Tuesday pending against Manchester City, who in turn is fighting for the title. A victory for Aston Villa left them in regardless of the result of the London team against the current champion, since there is only one match left to be played next Sunday. Now those from Birmingham will have to wait for the Hotspur result.

On the last date Aston Villa will visit Crystal Palace and Tottenham will do the same with Sheffield United. As for the title race, Arsenal will host Everton and Manchester City will host West Ham. The ten games of the epilogue will be played on Sunday at 12 noon in Argentina.

2024-05-14 20:31:12
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