Emiliano Martínez played a key role in the premiere of Argentina against Canada for the Copa América and had some decisive saves to contribute to the final 2-0, but also to accumulate one more clean sheet with the Albiceleste in his obsession to break that record in the national team. However, on social networks a lot talked about the new look that he wore in the city of Atlanta and it was his own wife who was in charge of confirming the meaning of the initials “SA” that he carried on his neck.
“Santi and Ava”wrote his partner Mandinha in his personal account. instagram along with a capture of the look that her husband debuted during the triumphant debut in the Mercedes Benz Stadium. The reference, of course, is about his children Santiago and Ava.
He oldest was born in 2018 and it is common to see him imitate his father’s dances. The youngest was born just during the Copa America 2021 that Argentina conquered and that fact was immortalized in an unusual way during the last speech that Lionel Messi gave before jumping onto the playing field of the Maracana Stadium to face Brazil. “45 days where we don’t complain about the trips, the food, the hotels, the field, anything. 45 days without seeing our family guys, 45 days! El Dibu (Emiliano Martínez) was a dad… he was a dad and he couldn’t see his daughter yet, he couldn’t make her upa“, said the Flea in that motivational talk, in reference to the fact that the team had lived isolated even from their own family members because it was a pandemic stage.
The truth is that family is one of the themes that accompanies and motivates the 31-year-old goalkeeper, as was evident with the photo he shared of his locker in the stadium locker room where the two stuffed animals he carries with him were seen. the shin guards with family images and of him saving for the Argentine team, as well as a separate photo of his two children.
On the strictly football side, the goalkeeper was one of those who raised his voice about the poor state of the playing field: “The conditions of the fields were very ugly. Having to play this competition on such an ugly field is unfortunate. It hurt us in the game, but taking that out we played a good game, we showed again that we are fine and that we are as hungry as ever,” he expressed after the game. This, after all, was not a condition for him Add one more undefeated goal and continue to grow your record to reach Sergio Romero.
Since his formal debut with the major that June 4, 2021 in the 1-1 against Chile in the South American Qualifiers, Martínez has 29 undefeated goals in 40 games dressed as albiceleste. It is still far from 47 clean sheets he achieved Tiny Romero in 96 presentations with Argentina, although Martínez has the desire to break those records as he has said repeatedly in recent years: “I continue to set goals. I want to play 100 games in the National Team and have the greatest undefeated record in history,” he repeated at the beginning of 2024 in TyC Sports.
One fact, no less important, is that Draw He went to the bench for the first time in October 2019 during a 2-2 friendly against Germany, when he had not yet had his great chance in the goal of England’s Arsenal. What’s more, this June 20, in which Argentina beat Canada for the Copa América, marked four years to the day that the Argentine had to replace the German Bernd Leno in an emergency due to a painful injury in the Premier League duel against Brighton. From there he began to gain ground in the Gunners about to be later bought by Aston Villa.
At the moment, Draw He has those 29 undefeated fences in 40 presentations with which he surpassed the records of the Duck Abbondanzieri (22 in 49 games), but was only part of two defeats on the court. At the same time, he is the fifth goalkeeper with the most presences in the goal albiceleste behind the mentioned Rosemary (96)he Duck Fillol (54), Abbondanzieri (49), Sergio Goycochea (44) and Antonio Rome (41).
For now, his desire to grow these records will continue next Tuesday, June 25 against Chile in it MetLife Stadium for the second date of Group A and will complete its participation in this area on next Saturday with Peru in it HardRock Stadium of Miami. If they advance in the competition, Argentina would play the hypothetical quarterfinals on Thursday, July 4 or Friday, July 5 in it NRG Stadium from Houston or on the AT&T Stadium from Arlington, respectively depending on their final position in the zone.
The competition marks that the semifinals for the sector of Albiceleste will be the Tuesday, July 9 at MetLife Stadium and reaching that stage would ensure him one more match in this continental event, since at least I would compete for third place (Saturday, July 13 at the Bank of America Stadium of Charlotte) or the grand finale on Sunday, July 14 in it HardRock of Miami.
