El Dibu Martínez: Finalissima vs. Spain – World Cup Final Preview

Shortly after being surpassed by Gianluigi Donnarumma in the award for the prize The Best to the best archer, the Draw Martínez of The preview of the Finalissima began to palpitate. During an event organized by AFA in London, which was held to define the goals and future expansion of the Association, the world champion archer explained that This match against the Spanish team “could be a World Cup final”.

When asked about this match, which is expected to be played during the month of March (probably on the 27th) at the Lusail in Qatar, Aston Villa’s number 23 commented that this match could be a hypothetical final of the 2026 World Cup, but He also admitted that “it is a training session and a great title that we want to win”.

On the other hand, the Drawing He compared this match with that of the previous edition against Italy and with the final of the World Cup in Qatar and said: “In the last Finalísima we played against Italy at Wembley and we knew that that match could perfectly be a final or a semi-final. There we saw that we had the level for the World Cup. Spain, in March, in Qatar, in another final in Lusail. “No matter what happens, we are going to feel prepared for the World Cup.”.

During this talk at the Emirates Stadium in London, the 33-year-old goalkeeper spoke about the Scaloneta’s objectives for the next World Cup, in which they will seek to defend the title achieved in 2022 and acknowledged: “In this World Cup they have to score fewer goals, it’s a group thing. The forwards win games, but the defense wins titles. “I have some defenders who are bad at improving.”

However, he also acknowledged that he was living in the present with his club and the National Team and, with the World Cup six months away, he said: “I remember that when we went to play in Qatar and a week before we were playing other games. I can’t be thinking now that I have a World Cup in six months. “There is a lot of time left”.

Finally, Dibu took the opportunity to remember a specific moment about the 2022 World Cup and told an anecdote about a fun moment with Lionel Messi before the final won against France. “We were in a room with many people and Leo told us: ‘this cannot escape us’. When Leo was very serious I made jokes, they were all sitting and I say: ‘Come on, Leo, don’t be a jerk. We are going to play like all the finals’. There they all started laughing because they were all serious and I was laughing. But I also have the opposite side, that before the final talk I start crying and that serves to relax the tension and makes the group united,” Martínez concluded.