It turns out that Emiliano Martinez from Argentina is not done yet. Again, the goalie made fun of Kylian Mbappe by cutting out the Frenchman’s face and sticking it on a baby doll. These photos went viral during Argentina’s victory parade. The FIFA World Cup final was one of the greatest football matches ever, featuring Argentina and France. Argentina beat France on penalties to win their third World Cup and first since 1986, as there was nothing between the two teams after extra time.
While Lionel Messi finally had his big moment, France’s star striker Kylian Mbappe, who was 23 at the time, lost the game despite scoring a hat trick. Throughout the match, Mbappe defeated Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez three times, winning penalties three times and scoring the equalizer in the 81st minute. Martinez, Messi, and Mbappe all posed with their respective World Cup, golden boot, and golden glove awards.
In any case, the goalkeeper annoyed fans through his signal for Mbappe during Argentina’s post-match changing area festivities. Before Martinez added, “… for Mbappe, who is dead,” the players were singing “a minute’s silence for…” as they danced around. Many people condemned Martinez’s behavior in support of the French striker in response to this taunt.
However, it turns out that Martinez is not yet finished. Once more, the goalie made fun of Mbappe by cutting out the Frenchman’s face and sticking it on a baby doll. These photos went viral during Argentina’s victory parade. He later explained that Martinez had also been in trouble for his vulgar gesture with the golden glove.
Argentina would have had to wait longer to win the World Cup if it weren’t for Martinez’s efforts in the final moments. Martinez made a crucial save by preventing Randal Kolo Muani from scoring with the scores level at 3-3. Later on, during the shootouts, Martinez prevented Kingsley Coman from taking the penalty, which proved to be the game-winning goal as Argentina defeated France 4-2 on penalties to win the championship.