By slipping, Emiliano Martinez ended up falling. Fans of Argentina and its atypical goalkeeper can rest assured, he was not too badly hurt: he just received a two-match suspension imposed by FIFA and made official this Saturday.
Aston Villa goalkeeper punished ‘for breaches of Article 13 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code’ [comportement offensant et violation des principes du fair-play] during the Argentina – Chile matches on September 5 and Argentina – Colombia on September 10,” writes the body in a press release addressed to AFP. The Argentine Federation accepted the sanction.
Come back after the defeat in Colombia
After the success against Chile (3-0) in Buenos Aires, Martinez reproduced with the Copa America won in July his signature gesture after the victory in the 2022 World Cup final against France: the trophy displayed like a phallic attribute.
The 32-year-old goalkeeper was much less happy five days later after the defeat in Colombia (2-1), still in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Very angry, like other teammates, against the arbitration , he gave a little slap to a camera that came to film him in close-up. This gesture was denounced by the Association of Colombian Sports Journalists.
In his absence, it is Marseillais Gerónimo Rulli or former Nice goalkeeper Walter Benitez, now at PSV Eindhoven, who should take their place in the Argentinian goals.
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