“Dibu” Martínez phenomenon: the two Frenchmen who missed penalties in the final spoke

After the defeat in the World Cup final against Argentina, little by little the players of the French national team start talking about the match and try to look ahead. In the last few hours, Aurelian Tchouameni and Kingsley Coman have broken the silencethe two Frenchmen who squandered their penalties in the shootout where Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez was a hero.

The first to speak was Tchouameni, who plays for Real Madrid. The midfielder spoke about his responsibility for shooting, he claimed that he practiced shooting from twelve steps, but admitted that it didn’t work.

“There will be time to digest the bitterness and frustration. Until the end, everything has been rehearsed. I take my responsibilitiesthat didn’t work and I’m the first disappointed” said the French 8.

“I’m sure the future of the French team looks bright, especially if we can count on you by our side,” he added.

Tchouameni was the third to kick and the second to miss. In his case, he bowled the ball out, even though Dibu hit the stick where the shot was going. In this regard, Martínez said a few days ago that he had played a psychological game to try to wear him down. It worked, as in his attempt to corner the shot as far as possible, he bowled it wide.

“On penalties I’m strong and I know they respect me because they tell me. When they save their first penalty in a world final, I know the other guy (Tchouaméni) would be nervous. I tried to play mentally, throwing the ball away, talking to he. And threw it out, shit “, said the goalkeeper during his presentation with people in Mar del Plata.

The other victim of 23 was Coman, player of Bayern Munich. In a short message, the player thanked the fans for their support. “Thank you for your messages of support. It has been an incredible adventure and we can be proud of what we have done. Disappointed and sad, but not defeated”, he has declared.

Coman was the player whose shot was saved by Dibu, flying over his right post. However, this was an all out adventure by the goalkeeper, who registered no further penalties taken by the player. I hadn’t been able to study it.

This was confirmed by Martín Tocalli, one of the goalkeeping coaches of the national team’s technical staff. “We didn’t have any of him that we saw,” he said in a recent interview.

Dibu was a master of psychological play, both on penalties against the Netherlands and France. His methods, his dances and his enormous confidence when it comes to standing up left a trail of pain around the world. Is that there have been several voices of players, coaches and even ministers who have spoken out against the world champion goalkeeper.

one of the last was the Chilean striker Mauricio Pinilla, who retired from soccer and is now a commentator for ESPN Chile. In his case, it annoyed him that Dibu played with a child doll with the face of Kylian Mbappé, which was thrown at him during the cup celebrations.

“If I, goalkeeper, will walk with a child (child) with the face of a boy who put four out of four shots in my goal, I don’t show myself or take him in my arms”, said the former player.

Pinilla was the one He got an unusual move tattooed on his back of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. It was the goal he missed in the last minute of the round of 16 duel against the locals. “An inch from glory,” it read. His team then went to penalties and were left on the street.