Lisandro Martínez: United Win & Bold Challenge to Critics – Olé

Manchester United can relax after turbulent days with the departure of Rúben Amorim and the announcement of Michael Carrick as head coach. The Red Devils beat City with authority and they took over the city derby. Lisandro Martínez was one of the figures of the team. The Argentine completely annulled Erling Haaland and, after the game, pointed out against a historic player who criticized him in the preview.

Paul Scholes, one of the best players in Sir Alex Ferguson’s era at the helm of the Old Trafford team, had said that United “Urgently needs the returns of Maguire and De Ligt”implying that the Argentine was not up to the task of the team. Above all, thinking about the enormous performance that the Norwegian attacker from Guardiola’s team had been showing.

Scholes was not the only one to criticize Lisandro before the Manchester derby. Nicky Butt, another former United and Scholes’s partner in English TV broadcasting, He had mentioned that the Norwegian would grab Lisandro and carry him like a son towards the rival goal.

However, Haaland did not touch it, product of an enormous performance by Licha. Always close, with the brave brand that characterizes him, the world champion took the Android out of the game. After the 2-0 victory, he remembered Colorado’s sayings. ” Honestly, you can say whatever you want. I already told you: if you want to tell me something, you can come and tell me wherever you want. To my house, wherever. I don’t mind“, said.

With fluent English and with the victory still latent, he did not miss the opportunity to respond to both. ” I respect those who have a relationship with the club and say they want to help it, because speaking on television can be done by anyone.. But when you have them here, face to face, no one says anything to your face.“, he stated.

Likewise, he concluded: ” So I don’t really care what they say. I only focus on my performance, on the team’s performance, and I am going to give everything for this club until my last day.“.

The former midfielder, who played his entire career for the Red Devils (716 games), works as a journalist for the English TNT network. At the same time, he is a shareholder in Salford City, his hometown team. On his personal Instagram account, he published a post of Lisandro’s sayings and wrote: “Someone had a good game, I’m very happy for you… tea, no sugar please”.

It is not the first time that there has been criticism from the English for the man from Entre Ríos. In 2025, Scholes said about #6: “Even when he’s physically fit, he’s not good enough to win the Premier League.”

Faced with harsh criticism from the former midfielder, Licha did not remain silent and decided to respond with a comment on a TyC Sports publication. True to his combative style, the Argentine defender made it clear that he was not affected by Scholes’ words and counterattacked with a spicy response: “How this mufa hurts, you throw it in Argentina and it doesn’t survive”.