UEFA president blasts Dibu Martínez for his mockery of Mbappé and sues Messi

UEFA President Alexander Ceferinbelieves that the captain of the Argentine team, Lionel Messishould have called the attention of his partner, Emiliano Dibu Martinezfor the offensive gestures and attitudes after the final of Qatar World Cup 2022.

In the book “Messianic”, journalists Sebastián Fest, from Argentina, and Alexandre Juillard, from France, include statements by the Slovenian lawyer on the best player of the last World Cup, in which he states that “I should have said something, told him to stop doing it, to show some respect”.

“In the end, Messi plays all year with (Kylian) Mbappé,” explains the sporting director, alluding to ‘Dibu’ Martínez’s mockery of the French striker: “If you see how he reacted on penalties… I can’t understand why he makes fun of Mbappé and the puppet and stuff like that. It’s not sportsmanship, it was primitive and I didn’t like it.”

Ceferin, who underlines the “humility” of the Argentine captain, also underlines the “good job” of the goalkeeper in that interview, but he thinks “their reactions were primitive”.

Regarding the Aston Villa goalkeeper’s famous gesture when he accepted the award for best position at the Qatar 2022 World Cup and placed it in front of his genitals, the UEFA president believes it was “a disgusting thing”.

“This is not done. You won the World Cup! Show some greatness, show you’re not primitive. You can be a perfect goalkeeper, but if you’re not a good person…”add.

In that passage from the book, Ceferin expresses his admiration for the football shown by Messi in the last World Cup and states that “without him Argentina would not even have reached the quarter-finals”.

When you don’t know what to do on the pitch, you pass the ball to Messi. I was sure that the final, which was fantastic, was over, that the cup already belonged to Messi. And in the end it was deserved, Argentina was better than France“, he sums up.

The latest edition of the book “Messianico” (Sudamericana, 2022), an investigation into the life and football career of Argentine Lionel Messi, was published this week in Argentina.