Dibu Martínez’s hidden gesture that provoked Kylian Mbappé’s anger in the Qatar 2022 World Cup final

It’s incredible how the passage of time allows us to discover new stories about an undertaking, in this case a sporting one. The first anniversary of the conquest of World Cup in Qatar for the Argentina national team it allowed us to relive each of the seven encounters on the journey towards third star, but also opened the range to new appearances. This Monday, with the first day of the transit year, Social networks have been flooded with a previously unknown fragment about the final on 18 December 2022 at the Lusail Stadium.

The protagonist, on the Albiceleste side, could only be Damián Emiliano ‘Dibu’ Martínezwhile on the other was none other than the fearsome gunner Kylian Mbappe. The sequence, revealed by one of the exclusive cameras of the “Captains of the World” series that Netflix released this weekend to commemorate the first World Cup on Arab soil from different angles, took place before the penalty that became 3-3 for France against Argentina, in extra time.

Although there was no doubt about the penalty that Polish referee Szymon Marciniak had given for Gonzalo Montiel’s clear handball, Dibu Martínez tried to emotionally destabilize the figure of France as he tried to receive the ball on the spot.

The man from Mar del Plata approached and, when the ‘Turtle’ crouched down to support the ball, he moved his body to rest his genitals on Mbappé’s head, who reacted promptly by standing up and saying something to the Argentine goalkeeper .

Marciniak immediately intervened, sending Dibu Martínez towards his goal, a prelude to the intense work he would then carry out during the final phase, where he also had to warn the goalkeeper Scaloneta for his attitudes which, later, also caused FIFA will change the rule regarding the permissions that goalkeepers have in penalties.

The rest of the story is too well known: Mbappé converted that shot of the 3-3 equalizer and also the first of the penalty kicks, but the one who ended up celebrating was Dibu Martínez, who together with Lionel Messi and the rest of the 24 footballers gave the third star to the Argentine national team.