Lisandro Martínez’s heroic crossing against Australia and Javier Mascherano’s deja vu against the Netherlands in Brazil 2014

Sure Emiliano, the I drew, He wasn’t the only Martínez who excelled in the victory against Australia in the round of 16. And it is that Lysander, lycheealso had a miraculous rescue. It was 26 minutes into the second half and Argentina was going through the only moment of anxiety after the Oceania discount. the midfielder Aziz Behich he designed the play of his life: he received from the right, accelerated to leave Exequiel Palacios behind, entered the area with pure dribbling, hooked before Nicolás Otamendi’s departure and, when he was about to define at the near post of the I drew, Lisandro launched himself with his right leg to deflect the ball. Quickly, the Manchester United defender stood up and celebrated the action as if it were a goal.

“I don’t know what I did, but when I heard the ball go out we shouted it like a defenders goal”he recognized of the show in question that made him go from suffering to euphoria, which allowed him to end up celebrating with thousands of Argentines in the stands, to a pure repertoire.

“That’s pure love, it’s not something forced, it comes out in the moment. If you tell me that we plan it with people, that’s a lie. Today it was heard that there were many people from Argentina”he trusted.

A deja vu was immediate because the move brought to mind what Javier Mascherano protagonist of the 2014 World Cup in the semifinal against Hollandwhen he dropped all he needed to cover a definition for left-footed forward Arjen Robben at the Corinthians stadium.

“In that play, I opened my anus and that’s why I suffered so much. I don’t mean to be rude, but it was like that,” he explained. mask a few minutes later the victory against the oranges was consummated. “It was my virtue, because Robben gave me one more chance. He gives me an extra second. When he touches, he loses a second and I win it. What I did, anyone would have done. To be in the final you need that bit of luck.”

“I knew I was going to have a very small gap. It was a shame. If you see it in slow motion, you can see that I have to change the run because I was waiting for the ball on the outside and it came from the inside,” Robben recalled later in a interview with FIFA in the one that reviewed the most important moments of the World Cup in Brazil. And he closed: “I lost some speed and then he managed to clear with his toe. Winning or losing a game is sometimes a matter of centimetres. But I can’t blame myself, I did the best I could and I succeeded there.” I didn’t do anything different.”

That photo of Mascherano arriving just enough in the end remained in the minds of Argentine fans. That’s why he Already seen. Maybe in the next one, what comes to mind is the saving of lychee Martinez against the Australian.