While FIFA has him in their sights, the recognition Messi's friend will receive

Without a doubt, Emiliano Martínez is currently among the best goalkeepers on the planet. At this point it is still strange that he is still part of Aston Villa, considering that it is a team used to fighting for a place in the Premier League; although it would be a matter of time before another leap in his career took place.

A large part of this present is due to his enormous performances under the goal of the Argentine national team. It all started in the 2021 Copa América, a tournament where he became known at a massive level, and then in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar he finally took the place he occupies today, standing out in very important moments of the matches and with an overwhelming personality. 

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However, there are people or entities that want to make the 29-year-old goalkeeper look bad. It was not enough to have to endure the sayings of French colleagues such as Hugo Lloris, Ramí or others, but now, neither more nor less than FIFA pointed him out as responsible for generating disturbances. It is that the soccer entity sanctioned the Argentine National Team by opening a disciplinary process, partly due to the celebrations of the one that emerged in Independiente.

But away from the offices in Switzerland, precisely where that news came from, there is another, more pleasant topic for him. It turns out that in Mar del Plata, a city on the Atlantic Coast where he is from, they are going to make a giant statue as a tribute to him. It will be in the well-known Astor Piazzolla Square, where they currently installed a giant picture of the goalkeeper, who receives hundreds of kids every day who take pictures with it.

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Being the first goalkeeper from Mar del Plata to become world champion, from the spa city they plan to change the name of the Juan José Minella stadium, where he usually hosts Aldosivi, and baptize it Emiliano Martínez. It is a project that needs time and has already been sent to the authorities, which, if approved, would be a huge emotion for the Argentine goalkeeper.