Champion of Argentina: Dybala revealed key advice from ‘Dibu’ Martínez to take penalty against France in massive reception in Córdoba

Paulo Dybala’s face showed his tiredness. The hustle and bustle of the last 48 hours from the World Cup final in Qatar to his arrival in his hometown long lagoon it was clear. But the Roma striker didn’t want to stop going to greet the fanatical neighbors of World Champion Argentina and also revealed the advice he received from goalkeeper Emiliano ‘Dibu’ Martínez during the penalty shoot-out in which he beat France.

Dybala, who traveled by plane from Ezeiza to Rosario -where Lionel Messi and Ángel Di María got off- and continued on to the capital Córdoba. He quickly hopped into a truck and along with a couple of friends set off for his native Laguna Larga, located just over 60 kilometers southeast.

The ‘Jewel’ was very kind despite her voice, her body and her face were still beaten by the few hours of effort and by the massive caravan that took place in Buenos Aires. And in this sense you recounted one of the remaining anecdotes of the more than 35 days of coexistence with the ‘Scaloneta’.

It was the goalkeeper of the Argentina national team who advised him that the shot, the second of the series in favor of Lionel Scaloni’s team, should go in the middle of the goal defended by Hugo Lloris, because “they had made a mistake before”.

“I was about to kick across, where Lloris jumped, but I remembered that in the series against Holland ‘Dibu’ said that goalkeepers always jumped after making a mistake, so you had to kick hard in the center and not miss”he recounted what emerged in the Institute.

“I am very happy, thank you for coming to see me. And now I’m going to Laguna Larga to say hello to everyone ”, he said, and already in his hometown he added: “Here people know I’m Paulo”.

Furthermore, he complained about how they had to abruptly interrupt the caravan with more than five million people in the city of Buenos Aires: “Unfortunately we could not say hello to everyone today (in Buenos Aires), but it was incredible, there is no dimension We are very grateful to the people who suffered like us and are now enjoying like us.”