Messi-Maradona comparison, Emiliano Martinez has no doubts

The Argentine extreme defender has very clear ideas

Protagonist of a cracking World Cup, extolled by the world’s press for his decisive saves in penalty kicks against the Netherlands and France and especially for his resounding result-saving intervention on Kolo Muani in the second overtime of the Lusail final, Emiliano Martinez is living a daydream.

The bizarre South American player, also on everyone’s lips for the ‘strange’ gesture he made with the Asian kermesse’s best goalkeeper trophy he just received from FIFA, spoke about his experience in Qatar. Revealing that he fulfilled a dream that was close to his heart for a specific reason.

“My dream was to give the World Cup to the best player in the world, so that there would be no doubt who really is the best player in history,” the Aston Villa goalkeeper said in words reported by the ActuFoot portal.