Reunion between Luis Enrique and Unai Emery on the return from Marco Asensio to the Parc des Princes, this quarter-final of the Champions League between Paris Saint-Germain and Aston Villa is not lacking in salt. Among the history of these two games, Emiliano Martinez is still talked about.
The Argentinian goalkeeper has become a real executioner of French football in recent years. Decisive and provocative in the World Cup final against the French team in Qatar in 2022, Martinez had reoffended in the process by contributing to the elimination of Lille in the Europa Conference League.
Guardian of Argentina and Aston Villa.
Aware of his nuisance power, “Dibu” Martinez did not wait to kick off to launch hostilities.“The advantage is that my team will have less pressure, because I am going to insult me”, he launched in an interview with Telefe. “I master the situation perfectly. Against Lille, they whistled me for 120 minutes, that's normal. »»
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The fact remains that the players of Paris Saint-Germain are perfectly prepared to avoid this pitfall. If Ousmane Dembélé is the only Parisian to have crossed Martinez's road, the whole group is aware of the very particular character of the character, like Désiré Doué.
The nugget of the capital's club said it: it will be not to fall into the provocation of the Argentinian goalkeeper. “For French attackers, there may be a little revenge, but I have never faced it and everyone's goal tomorrow, tomorrow (Wednesday)will be to score as much goals as possible… ”.