Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez has denied claims he was intentionally mocking Kylian Mbappe, saying he has “huge respect” for the French striker.
Argentina’s gamers danced across the dressing room after their victory and had been heard singing “a minute’s silence” earlier than leaving an interval for goalkeeper Martínez to shout: “For Mbappe that’s dead!”
He later carried a child lady with Embappé’s face throughout his open bus competition in Argentina.
“How can I make fun of Mbappe? He scored four runs from me. Four goals in the final! He must be thinking that I am his toy child! I have a lot of respect for Mbappe,” Martinez instructed TYC Sports.
“I organized it [baby doll] For two minutes and I threw it away, that’s all,” added Willa Storer.
Martinez additionally revealed what he mentioned to Embappé after the ultimate.
“I told him to get up and look ahead,” he mentioned.
“He should not be on the sphere, however he is happy with the sport he performed, which is true. He scored 4 targets on me. The one who must be on the ground is me.
Embappé had beforehand mentioned that he had no downside with Martinez’s actions.
He had mentioned, “You always have to be a fair player and (that) celebrating is not my problem, I don’t waste energy on such absurd things.”
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
