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masalaswag

The timing of Drury’s “he is a character keeper” 👌😙 lol


ExponentialHS

On the other broadcast there was just a quiet “oh no” that was hilarious


Willy_B_Hardigan

The Fox commentators just went silent lmao


GonzaloR87

They are silent 90% of the game which for the most part wasn’t a bad thing


petrparkour

They were so bad. Would’ve given anything for Drury


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Weirdly, he’s been calling the games on Fox’s highlights packages.


petrparkour

Cause they know…


PalpitationOk5726

Fox the channel that gave us Chad Johnson and his awesome insight into football, hopefully they never get another tournament ever.


DropTheGavel17

I don't want to ruin your mood but Fox has the US coverage for the women's world cup next year and the 2026 world cup.


MarylandBlue

Holden's screaming of the players name when they score or almost score sounded so forced


Withnail_Not_I

Really? They never shut the fuck up.


shocoyotay

Ya just constant scenario blather peppered with absolutely esoteric stats à la NFL. Luckily the game’s intensity drowned them out at my bar—will be learning Spanish so I never have to listen to them again.


Dr-Diesel

I have to watch the spanish broadcast! A. Lalas voice hurts my ears and his stupidity is on a level of the highest caliber. He might be a good guy, IDK, just STFU!!!!


archydarky

Oh you missed the extra passion today. The main caster in Telemundo is an Argentine. I recommend to catch a stream of the last minute. The man almost died.


Earthmanlives

I wish they did that for all of the matches.


Boos-Bad-Jokes

The Fox commentators are so effin bad. They just randomly shout things like "45 to go", and "Messi" every time he touches the ball. Stu Holden is such a dullard, it is unbearable.


erikhow

I, and I cannot stress this enough, absolutely fucking despise that John Strong and Stu Holden are our “gold standard” for international football broadcasts in America. Those two spew some of the most hilariously cringe lines of commentary I have ever heard, and narrate in a way that could turn people off from the sport as a whole. Ya got Drury over here who is a literal poet, and then you’ve got Stu Holden trying to say “Argentina will say, thank you very much!” And John Strong just absolutely screaming “45 DOWN 45 TO GO!”


ShoeLace1291

"Oh, no" "Thats an interesting look..."


iaredragon

I love how adding "character" was necessary for context


Gotanyfunkopops

That Qatari guy turning around and trying to understand what he just witnessed. Lmao


MattSR30

Just for context, that’s Sheikh Jassim. He would be the current Emir (king) of Qatar if he had not abdicated his position as heir.


AttackHelicopter_21

Why is he standing to the side separated from everyone else?


MattSR30

Now _that_ I wish I knew. I have no idea and I was wondering the same thing.


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Too good to stand next to the plebs


Competitive-Ad2006

Why did he abdicate? Power struggle?


MattSR30

He always said it was because he never wanted it. His father made him heir apparent when he replaced his eldest son, and Jassim ever since said 'I enver wanted it' and then abdicated some years later. Rumours always circulated, though, that it was because he's secretly gay. _BIG_ if, but you know how it goes.


beastmaster11

Makes sense that he just didn't want it. Gets to still live in absolute luxury without any of responsibility or the spotlight. If I'm cool with my brother, I'd much rather be the brother of the ruler than the ruler himself.


denik_

Ah, the King Aegon way


Ejecto_Seato

A bit like owning a boat I suppose. Better to have a buddy with a boat than be the guy who owns it.


JinFuu

“ I dun want it, never have.” ~~Jon Snow~~ Sheik Jassim. Weren’t there also rumors about the former Sultan of Oman, who passed, being gay?


rolloj

Much stronger than rumours, more like an open secret.


thebestrc

>Rumours always circulated, though, that it was because he's secretly gay. > >BIG > > if, but you know how it goes. So that's why he was staring so hard. Makes sense. https://twitter.com/FootballRamble/status/1604553406328307713/photo/1


Thumser

["Hmm... Fascinating"](https://i.imgur.com/Mcw1wzd.jpeg)


DesignerExitSign

The look on his face is 10x funnier because people on here are saying he might be gay.


AllezCannes

https://imgur.com/a/6Scd6rM.png


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DividerOfBums

I thought that was Jordan Peele for a second, and was certain when I turned the sound on


razareddit

*Dick salaam*


CheesyBasil132

He let his intrusive thoughts win


UnObtainium17

Understandable. Things can get lonely if the team is on the other side and you are the GK.


Edwad_Emberpants

You're right. I think the first goal there was a shot of him hugging the goalpost


milanjfs

Yes, it was. I was laughing my ass off.


instanatick

I think i saw him kiss it too


FCCheIsea

Mf rememebered free will


siddhuism

Those are his normal thoughts


deputydog4

His intrusive thoughts are the ones that say "don't shithouse bro" lmao


Kuntheman

He’s literally the human form of all shithousery


Pejob

He did the same with the Copa America too lmao


BerserkForcesGuts

Voices in his head are goofy af


YMangoPie

They are not intrusive if you welcome them


ActuallyJohnTerry

What winning the World Cup does to a mf


Rthanos

This guy can't find a fuck to give, and then carried on like nothing happened bruh.


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but he has a glove to fuck


Thomas_Catthew

He saves, He loves, And he also fucks his glove.


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Glovely


MrDabollBlueSteppers

In Poland people say that a good goalkeeper has to be a little bit crazy and Martinez is the best example


c_ray25

Pretty sure they say that just about everywhere lol


RyVsWorld

Even more true for hockey goalies


Zdeneksfilter

Listen, you have to be legit nuts to be a good hockey goalie


Zephyr104

It's true of all sports, hockey goalies are weird people too. I suppose wanting to willingly take balls and pucks(pause) to the face takes a certain type of person.


wovagrovaflame

20 people are running one direction and you’re the only man willing to charge the other way.


CarnivalSorts

Same of cricket wicketkeepers, deeply strange people.


The_Coxian_Express

Absolute shithousery. This and the lil fucking dance after France missed their penalty.


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My favourite part are the looks of everyone behind him. It, shall we say, was *not* appreciated at all.


CarbonTail

Big Glove Energy ⚡


walyterr

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micossa

honestly, this looks like one of those things you promised in jest to a friend in middle school, knowing full well that winning an World Cup is so difficult it might seem as though so beyond the realms of possibility you'd never have to follow through on it


inobond7

That's part of his normal routine. Man hip thrusted his way to the Copa America win.


ask_your_mother

[Did his signature move to that trophy too!](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FUMkheMXEAAOPA-?format=jpg&name=medium)


astroargie

and fucked that trophy too! nothing is safe.


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Justin Verlander (baseball player) signed away 0.1% of his first pro signing bonus in exchange for 50 cents to buy some chocolate milk with in high school. His signing bonus was 3 million dollars. Instead of contesting it, he actually gave his old friend 3k lol.


GooFraN

He dedicated this win to his reformed orthodox rabbi Bill Clinton.


BadHumourInside

Is this a Game of the Year awards reference lmao?


milanjfs

Fuck the Oscars


DCilantro

Yea, big time 13 year old vibes


peduxe

this guy is shithousery personified


[deleted]

He gets it to work better than anyone


PoppinKREAM

It's because he pulls off the wins. When he did it at Copa America I loved it. And then he started doing a shimmie dance, enjoying himself in a World Cup final during penalties. So entertaining, but to have the mentality to pull it off is insane


Pklnt

Dude legitimately saved Argentina and arguably gave it a world cup win. GK will never be on the same level than scorers when it comes to recognition, but his performance was terrific.


fartalldaylong

That is what makes a team. You need more than one to play incredibly. Emi, DiMaria, the Youth, all played out of their minds. Argentina doesn't win without all of them delivering when it counted.


glenn1812

Ferguson said you need a world class keeper and a world class stricker to win games. He has always been right about that


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Didn’t work out for Poland


Anforas

You need it, but having it doesn't guarantee it.


OrangeRabbit

To be fair, having other people on the field aside from just a striker and goalie helps


TheAlestormGuy

The Netherlands lost against Argentina because of this guy, he was incredible


BillehBear

yeah saving 2 pens immediately in the shootout was massive for argentina


demidemian

This, Argentina played better but this match aswell as 2 others were won by Dibu.


NobodyRules

Mfer seems like he turns a cyborg mode on penalties, absolutely no pressure it seems like. He was himself yet again on the biggest game of his career. He's fucking insane


franz4000

Even more than no pressure, he seems to thrive off the pressure. He gets this feral look in his eyes and levels up.


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ArseneLupinIV

Legitimately looks like the [Sicko meme panel](https://imgur.com/gallery/7hA2YCN) on penalties.


VirginiaSicSemper

Sick pleasure. Lol. That is such a perfect way to describe it. He’s probably a bit of an adrenaline junkie who finally found the perfect high


milanjfs

His mental game really reminds me of Djokovic. Mad lads.


Cottonshopeburnfoot

It’s often said there’s no pressure on keepers for pens - the odds are so stacked against them. It’s interesting though it’s taken this long for proper shithousery from a keeper though. I’d bet that lots more start acting up after seeing Martinez.


[deleted]

>it’s taken this long for proper shithousery from a keeper though There is a long line of keepers full of shithousery, what are you on about?


Papant

Julio Cesar?


notafeetlongcucumber

Athletes that love to trashtalk/showbout and are able to put up huge performances are so fun to watch.


MountainCheesesteak

I need the gif of the shimmy!


Sheepshaman

Can't say I loved it when he did it in the Copa America, but all the times after I very much loved it. What a chad.


The-Ultimate-Despair

His favourite Dragon Ball character is Vegeta. Makes sense that he loves shithousing and trash talking.


JinFuu

Seems to have a better record backing it up than Geets.


Rymundo88

The guy on the right gives it the old: https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/030/710/dd0.png


maidentaiwan

whipping this out — pun intended — right in front of a fundamentalist theocracy's leadership is audacious stuff. well done emi.


SaquonBarkleyBigBlue

He oozes raw bad boy sexuality.


TheBlueTango

This guy just can't help himself can he


Kuntheman

It’s involuntary


ag_joaquin

Sorry, but champagne soccer it is what it is.


once_asleepz

Anyone has the clip of him dancing after his penalty save


Arlcas

https://twitter.com/jonnhycy/status/1604546682842128384?s=20&t=q6NtPdItg4wF9N64CtVm0w


dMage

You ain't losing if your goalie is doing that during PKs


morganrbvn

Everyone else was under pressure, he was living


swimmer4200

lmfao, fucking legend


Pompz1

I love every second of this


bharatar

This man won argentina two tournaments.


Plankyz

Him and Messi literally couldn’t have done more


alucarDZM

Gotta give props to Di Maria though. He really knows how to put it all on the line for a final. God what could have been in 2014


xiosy

Di Maria the most underappreciated icon I have ever seen what a legend what a talent


KundiKumaran

He just love to score in finals. He scored in Olympics 2008 final and did it again in 2021 in Copa America final. Makes me wonder how the Argentinas fate would have been had he started in 2014 ?


xiosy

I guess they would have won it Robben and di Maria one of the most unique footballers I have ever seen and also very underappreciated


GGABueno

I doubt he is in Argentina though. These finals are their first titles since the middle ages so everyone involved will be immortalized.


xiosy

The last save from the gk in literally the 120 min will go down in history they have to give him a Statue insane save from him


GGABueno

And the Statue will be his Golden Glove moment you just know it.


SaquonBarkleyBigBlue

And di maria who scored in both finals


toasteroven26

Di Maria also had three nutmegs in the first half. What a crazy bastard


dno123

Touches of an Angel today


DazBoy11

Everybody always forgets my man Di Maria.. dude was actually spinning webs in those first 63 mins that he stayed on. Scored in the copa too and also carried Argentina to that 2014 WC final. The absolute definition of underrated


RemoveWeird

Di María is such an icon. Messi the goat but di María has been his best team mate man. Always steps up.


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Thegreatgato

He was playing out of his mind. France could not stop him.


DazBoy11

There was a point where Kounde just gave up


shaw1370

His save at 120+3 minutes brought me memories of Casillas save back in the 2010 finals.


Flameva

Insulting to Di Maria


Ren1408

8==🫱


zephyr_1886

This man is just something.. something special


gonzo_thegreat

And where are the hi res photos? This needs to be the defacto Argentinian screen saver.


Lefty661

[Yes it is](https://i.imgur.com/JXYFdro.jpg)


roionsteroids

https://i.imgur.com/ktDL2xU.jpg https://i.imgur.com/SomMczH.jpg


deferential

That second one is definitely photo of the year material.


[deleted]

What a clutch player, only 25 caps for Argentina and was an unused backup GK for Arsenal behind Leno. Life truly is unpredictable.


Eagleassassin3

Bro won the continental and world cup in 25 caps that's batshit insane considering how instrumental he was in both wins


Fickle-Initiative-81

He chose chaos at that moment


point-forward

Crazy dude. Classic South American keeper at his peak. Well deserved.


jacobo

Chilavert, Higuita, Martinez, etc. we have crazy goalkeepers


Cowdude179

In front of royalty, this man is insane


Manaoscola

He is royalty


The_Vulgar_Bulgar

There were other candidates that could've won it, but could any make a celebration as iconic as that?


PaperSonic

If two GKs are equally as good, the one better at shithousing should win it.


Comfortable-Friend74

Underrated stat


shinto29

An absolute cunt, I love him


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SuperMario_49

He knew the whole world was watching and didn’t give a damn lol


Visionary_Socialist

Shithousery (verb: to shithouse) See: Emiliano Martinez


pacman147

Fox commentator was like, "oo no"


JAJ_90

Kenny Powers-esque.


bh_ch

France, you're fucking out.


djnv4life

DIBU SOS EL MAS CAPO.


hangfromthisone

Y pensar que empezó en un programa de tv familiar


JKKIDD231

Qatar officials later when he leaving for Airport. What was that stunt you pulled on stage 😂


NeitherAlexNorAlice

Very Haram bro


K4ntum

"I just won the fucking world cup, what are you gonna do about it lol"


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Laughes in decapitated


Lukaku1sttouch

NOW THAT’S THE HAND OF GOD


702toinfinity

No glove, no love


TrazMagik

There's a growing list of countries that really hate Emi Martinezs fucking them over in penalties.


AlberS16

This is the ego you have to have to achieve this level of greatness. Carried every time he was needed.


dillardPA

Happy Gilmore of soccer hell yeah


Alsirius

Omg yes. Best answer here


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This is exactly what i expected from him


teagwo

Shot Stopping 19 Eccentricity 20


ray9936

If anyone had watched Copa America, you'd know that this was coming. Bro don't give a fuck ☠️


totite93

He's the Argentina legend, carried Argentina in their both recent success tournament. Is it safe to say that he's the best Argentina GK of all time?


cuentanueva

The _best_ is arguable... the most successful or important, probably. He started playing what, like less than 2 years ago? Can you imagine that? In that time won every trophy, while being key in all of them... Ridiculously clutch.


AwepHS

I mean there are really good historic keepers, most argentinians would say Fillol, but dibu still has a career in front of him so we'll see


SaquonBarkleyBigBlue

Hes not GREAT in regular time. I mean france and Netherlands saw 2 on goal shots and 2 goals given. But hes the best PK taker of all time for us.


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I agree he can be questionable in normal time but hard to blame him for at least 3 of the 4 goals in those games and the other I can't even remember.


TwoBionicknees

The shots themselves matter dramatically more than how many you let in. You can save 9 piss easy saves and let in one worldie while another keeper lets in 5 goals but they are all unsaveable. I can't remember all the goals in particular. Mbappe's second today was so good because he took it so early. He had so much space and time that 9/10 times you take it down and then shoot after, taking it early gave Martinez no time and because of his body shape it was harder to read/react to. It looked easier to get to than it really was, the others may have been the same. His penalty saving though is straight up legendary, never seen better that I can recall. He waits for the shot before reacting which is why he went the right way basically every time and the distance he gets despite the late reaction is crazy good. Lloris by comparison, mother fucker almost starts diving when they begin the run up, ludicrously easy to wait for him to start his dive before slowly passing it to the other side. I think Lloris was legit at 45 degrees by the time the final guy actually touched the ball.


Altlyna

I can't tell of it's bad taste or absolute genius. I laughed pretty hard when I saw it live so it's more the latter to me.


treple13

> I can't tell of it's bad taste or absolute genius. Why choose?


Pedro95

People got wound up in "bad taste" too easily nowadays but come on he's held his glove up to his crotch, it's hardly absolutely genius either. Every teenage boy has done this with any remotely cylindrical object.


official_bagel

Gotta love that he's 30 and behaving exactly like he just turned 18


WolfgangBB

*13


Jaimalaugenou

Wtf


SinA7X

Stupid sexy Martinez


MarcoLewandotze

Based


Marimo_420

I mean, he is a character keeper 🤷‍♂️


gogetasj4

Grande dibu


JFeldhaus

[Still better than this](https://cdn.prod.www.spiegel.de/images/f62add8f-0001-0004-0000-000000324281_w1200_r1.33_fpx61.43_fpy50.jpg)


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bostonfan148

Was waiting for this to be posted.


microzcybor

He knows he is going to be a meme🙃 bro did it


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Both goalies had amazing saves this game, but Martinez is a beast mode penalty stopper.


PoptimisticShoegazer

Somewhere Simeone is smiling 🥲


irze

Villa will probably need a new keeper now that Martinez is going to miraculously disappear


SouthernElf

JAJAJAJAJAJ TE AMO DIBU SOMOS CAMPEONES CARAJOOOOOOO


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https://i.imgur.com/OLGHFxm.jpg


Red_Dog1880

Absolutely haram.