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Emiliano Martinez gets tattoo on exact spot that denied Kolo Muani in World Cup final

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Updated 14:07 26 Dec 2022 GMTPublished 13:48 26 Dec 2022 GMT

Emiliano Martinez gets tattoo on exact spot that denied Kolo Muani in World Cup final

The post-match celebrations continue for Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.

Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare

Featured Image Credit: Instagram/emi_martinez26

Topics: Emiliano Martinez, Argentina, Football World Cup, France, Aston Villa

Jack Kenmare
Jack Kenmare

Jack is a Senior Journalist who enjoys a long read. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of Football Manager wonderkids from 2005 to the present day, and has interviewed a handful of FM's finest, including Freddy Adu, Supat Rungratsamee and Mika Aaritalo.

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Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez has decided to get a new tattoo – and it's a potential nod to his last-minute save to deny Kolo Muani in the World Cup final.

Martinez pulled off the biggest save of his life in the dying embers of extra-time, stopping France forward Muani from scoring the winner with an incredible 123rd-minute block.

That superb save with his left leg forced a penalty shootout, where he would unsettle the likes of Aurelien Tchouameni and Kingsley Coman to help Argentina lift the trophy.

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The 30-year-old proceeded to mock Kylian Mbappe by telling his teammates to have "a minute of silence" for the French forward before carrying around a doll with Mbappe's face taped to it during La Albiceleste's open-top bus parade.

A week after his antics and Martinez has decided to get a permanent reminder of his World Cup triumph by getting a tattoo of the trophy on his left leg.

In fact, the design has been placed in the exact same position as his wonder save against Eintracht Frankfurt forward Muani.

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Argentine tattoo artist Juan Pablo Skunca spent hours working on the piece before Martinez posted a picture of the finished ink on his Instagram page.

Featuring Argentina's updated 3-star log, the tattoo reads "Que la pasión te lleve a la gloria", which translates to "May passion lead you to glory."

Image credit: Instagram/emi_martinez26
Image credit: Instagram/emi_martinez26
Image credit: Instagram/emi_martinez26
Image credit: Instagram/emi_martinez26

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Away from his new tattoo and the president of the French FA has penned a formal letter of complaint about Martinez's conduct.

"I wrote to my counterpart from the Argentine Federation," he said. "I find these excesses abnormal, in the context of a sports competition, and I find it difficult to understand. This is going too far. Mbappe's behaviour has been exemplary."

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery didn't appear too impressed with his player's actions, either.

In a press conference ahead of Villa's Premier League clash against Liverpool, the Spaniard said he will have a word with the former Arsenal goalkeeper about "some" of his celebrations.

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"When you have a big emotion, sometimes it’s difficult to control it," Emery said.

"I will speak to him next week about some of the celebrations but I need to respect that he’s with his national team right now. When he’s back with us we can speak about it."

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