With the complicity of his teammates, Dibu Martínez repeated his controversial celebration with the World Cup

After the triumph of the Argentine national team against Panama 2-0 at the Monumental, Emiliano “Dibu” Martinez he repeated the controversial celebration he made after receiving the America’s Cup 2021 and the Golden Glove for the best goalkeeper of the Qatar World Cup 2022. However, this time he was accompanied by several of his companions.

Germán Pezzella, Guido Rodríguez, Gerónimo Rulli and Marcos “Huevo” Acuña they imitated the Aston Villa goalkeeper and each of them carried their respective replica of the World Cup on their genitals. The photo didn’t take long to go viral on social media.

Hours before Núñez’s game, those very five players had passed the AFA study for a relaxed conversation. In the broadcast, Dibu was asked about his particular celebration and, far from evading the question, he revealed why he did it in Qatar, after the victory against France.

“This is the fault,” said the goalkeeper, and pointed at Acuña. “He told me, “Don’t you dare do the Copa América thing.” And I did it like a fool‘ he recalled through laughter.

And I add: “I didn’t think it would have such an impact.. There has been more talk about this than the World Cup.”

Further, he explained why he gave up on it when he received The Best award: “Later, when we went to France for the event, my wife said to me, ‘Please, won’t you…’ I told her, no love, don’t worry. If I did, I couldn’t get off the stage.I was in the middle of France, in Paris… It didn’t work. I didn’t doubt it, I didn’t even fart. I don’t go home first, I’m left without a woman. And then I can no longer enter Europe.”

“She knows I’m short. I had this haircut and she says to me: ‘Every time you go to Argentina, you do something’. You know that when I get to the national team I transform, but these are the culprits, my comrades”.

French MP calling on FIFA to sanction Dibu Martínez over his controversial celebration

After the Argentina national team beat France in the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar, Charles Olviemembers of the French parliament and president of the organizing committee of the Paris Olympic Games, asked FIFA to remove the award from Mar del Plata for his gesture, which he deemed obscene.

According to the deputy, Dibu Martínez’s gesture was aimed at the French public who were watching the match at the Lusail stadium in Doha, Qatar.

For the politician, the way the Albiceleste goalkeeper received the award”not a good image in football“. And he expressed himself: “That’s not sport. Do you realize the denigrated image? How are we going to show this as an example?“.