Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez shared details of his controversial celebration at the 2022 World Cup awards ceremony.
Do I regret having celebrated? Well, there are things I wouldn’t do the same way again. I meant no offense. Throughout my career I’ve played for the French and I’ve never had any problems… You can ask Giroud what kind of person I am. I really like the French culture and mentality. The gesture I made when I received the award for the best goalkeeper was a joke to my teammates. I’ve done it before at the America’s Cup and everyone has asked me “under no circumstances” to do it again. Leo Messi also asked for it. I did it for them, nothing more. It lasted a second, and that was it.
