Patrick Vieira, former world champion with France in 1998 and current coach of Crystal Palace, said that the celebrations of Argentina goalkeeper and Aston Villa Emiliano ‘Dibu’ Martínez were “stupid” and obscured the success of the albiceleste, who won the Cup of the World by penalties in front of the ‘bleus’ last Sunday.
Dibu made an obscene gesture with his trophy for the best goalkeeper and repeatedly mocked Kylian Mbappé. Unai Emery, the goalkeeper coach at Aston Villa, said he would talk to the Argentine about it.
Vieira said: “Some of the pictures I’ve seen of the Argentine goalkeeper have slightly glossed over what Argentina achieved in the World Cup. I don’t think they need it.”
“Sometimes emotional decisions can’t be controlled. But it was a stupid decision on Martinez’s part to do this,” Vieira said. Argentina beat France 4-2 on penalties after a 3-3 draw. In the locker room, Dibu asked for a minute of silence for Mbappé, who he also laughed at on the street in Buenos Aires.
Source: La Verdad
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