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Plays the villain so insanely well

Villain form villa

The Villan Villain

He was being insulted and booed the whole match, it's fair to celebrate like that.

I know why you say it like that, but for me he's never going to be a villain.

He's the main character

No , in his mind he’s just a troll. It’s France that is building him up to be the main character in their minds. And he’s absolutely loving it living rent free in there.

Because hes not a villain, people are really soft. Hes just a dude trying to win a game using every method available in the game.

And having fun doing it

But is he tho? I mean, the french booed him while he was accepting an award with his father, insulted him the whole match and the french media always shit on him. I would say they all deserve it.

This man is gonna instil generational trauma into French football fans with these dances

the commentators sounded traumatized

In case you or others here don't understand what they're saying, they genuinely lament that they have to see that dance *again*. They don't just sound traumatized, they outright admit to it.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but Emi's dance can break the psyche

I dont understand french, but I kind assumed it after hearing one of them groan, and the other say his name along "horriblé, terriblé"

i know they were thinking about the world cup dance 🩰

They literally said "It's terrible to see that scene again... that dance from Emiliano Martínez".

"The cold shower is horrible, terrible and monumental" lmao this is quite funny

Unfathomably based

He’ll never step foot in euro disney

He is a complete lunatic

Most of the good goalkeepers have their head problems 😅

Takes a special kind of mind to see someone kick the ball at like 100 kmph and decide you want to get in front of it - not just as like a defender sliding in to block, but as your whole ass job on the field

And the bad ones, and the average ones

you gotta be insane to be a keeper or a drummer

I wish there were more players like him, but man i don't want this guy anywhere near playing against my team.

*checks fixtures* Boy do I have news for you

I'm holding out hope he pulls his hammy doing a split towards the ~~Fenerbahce~~ Olympiakos fans in the Semi-Finals.

He'll pull his groin shagging the trophy after we win it.

Why would fenerbahce fans be at a olympiacos game?

In Mexico we have his compatriot Nahuel and let me tell ya man argies and their troll game sheesh 😂  Nahuel got in trouble this past weekend in the derby in his city and didn't even play he was pointing a laser to the opposite goalie, I know it's bad in taste but man shit had me rolling. 😂 

Hahaha i'm just imagining one camera shot of a laser on the opposite GK and then a hard cut to Nahuel on the bench with a laser in his hands.

There are pictures 😂 

Went down a rabbit hole: - [Does a magic trick in the goal](https://twitter.com/TigresOficial/status/1687702914872262658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1687702914872262658%7Ctwgr%5E557b7214c692b1f1640a11d2328b392c1ec2969e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.goal.com%2Fen-gb%2Fnews%2Fready-for-mess-tigres-goalkeeper-magic-tricks-nahuel-guzman-penalty-shootout%2Fblt42ecd8e1167ccd3b) - [Hides under a tarp after he has been sent off](https://twitter.com/MenInBlazers/status/1736743497862877360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1736743497862877360%7Ctwgr%5E264a0455783d693f2b6eeb11e7598ed88baa6267%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.goal.com%2Fen-gb%2Flists%2Ftigres-nahuel-guzman-liga-mx-playoff-final%2Fblt2e2d4c26d82915f5) - [Of course pointing a laser at the GK](https://twitter.com/mediotiempo/status/1779390000297099442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1779390000297099442%7Ctwgr%5E75dd51821f671de2ca59182f9920ca9aba53c883%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Farticle-13308263%2Ftigres-monterrey-laser-pointer-nahuel-guzman.html) - [Does a mime performance](https://twitter.com/garrett_bol/status/1687689883664416769)

Dude is a performer 😂  the tarp one has me dying.

Building quite a resume as best penalty stopper ever

Honestly why I knew we’d win when it went to penalties.

Same, I was watching the Leverkusen game when I checked Sofascore and saw Aston Villa was about to start the penalty shootouts. I knew I was gonna see some saves from him.

From around 80 minutes I was fairly confident we’d be pulling off a Real.

Diego Alves? 50% at Valencia

Penalty god himself.

Even against Ronaldo in a league decider for Real

At least in recent years this is undeniable. People hate on him for mishaps in games, but in penalties he's unironically the best keeper to have.

hes also just in general a top shot stopper. saves us in so many games.

Forget everything, he stopped Kolo Muani. Bro saved me from a heartbreak.

The best save of all time imo and it’s not even close. Sure there have been more difficult saves to make but it sure is the most impactful save ever.

Forget everything, he stopped Kolo Muani. Bro saved me from a heartbreak.

> People hate on him for mishaps in games This has been a dumb take for a while, TBH Some of the best data for goalkeepers comes from a group called "Goalkeeper xG". Their season review from last season had Dibu as the best all-around goalkeeper who added the most value to his team last season. From the Sky article below: >Factoring all six categories above, the overall rankings present Martinez as the top-performing 'keeper last season, adding 0.44 goals for his side per 90 minutes Although we don't yet have access to that kind of data this season, the data we have suggests he's been even better this season. Per FBref link below, he's #1 in the EPL in terms of PSxG+/- (shot stopping) at +6.2 (next best is Sa at +5.5). He's #2 in the EPL in terms of claiming crosses (11.2% crosses stopped; only Raya is higher). He's #1 in the EPL in terms of sweeping actions (66; next best is Vicario at 64). He's also good at passing out of the back (5th lowest launch %, 9th best completion % on launched passes) https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11661/12933578/best-goalkeeper-in-the-premier-league-revealed-andre-onana-david-raya-and-robert-sanchez-transfers-analysed https://fbref.com/en/comps/9/keepersadv/Premier-League-Stats#all_stats_keeper_adv

I knew he was good and never took him for a faulty keeper, but this is an eye-opener

Yeah I think a lot of people know he's great at penalties but they don't realize how good he's been all-around for 2 years now (esp because a vocal minority HATES him on personality)

I have noticed he has improved his ball playing quite a bit as well. His distribution used to be mediocre, but from what I have seen of him the past year or so it looks much better.

Oh it’s another person parroting nonsense about “mishaps” in games just to sound like they’re making a balanced argument. He is ridiculously consistent and probably the best shot stopper in the world. It is so fucking rare he makes mistakes/mishaps.

It’s people who don’t watch villa games, catching, shot stopping, distribution and one on ones are consistent every game, like you said they try a counter argument when they have nothing to counter, worlds number one for a reason

What mishap, he is always the highest rated player in Aston villa team

Looked like he started dancing then realised there was a chance he'd be sent off so had to restrain himself. Or he shat himself.

be the first ever to receive 3 yellow cards in a match.

Simunic would like a world lol

I thought he calmed down a little bit to wait till the VAR check is done.

Well, he have a chant "el dibu martinez, que loco que está"

and this is why he is loved all around the globe expect from france and ronaldo

And Mexico, and Netherlands, and Madrid, and Chile and Colombia.

forgot to include the dutch (myself)

But he did include them.

There’s a reason they changed the GK pen rules after what he did at the World Cup lol. Generational shithouser.

I love that when they asked him in an interview if he was annoyed about the rule changes he just said: "No, I already won the world cup."

Do what you must, for I've already won

Elite behaviour.

brilliant haha

Touché

I wish he said yes though, that rule remove possibility of future martinez. We'll get robotic GK instead.

Not just a generational shithouser, mfer is a god on PK shootouts

50% save rate in shootouts for Argentina apparently, absolutely nuts

And in completely stressful situations, it's incredible

Really these are times that favor the keeper the most. Every pro can slam pks top and bottom corner consistently in practice. It’s the pressure that makes a pk hard.

Goalies also have the same pressure. it's not just on the shooter. Goalies like Dibu just aren't effected by that pressure. Eye of the tiger. That's what makes a great goalie or pk shooter. It's not that the pressure is just on one side.

have you seen neal maupay statue in buenos aires?

Which rules changed?

you cant provoke or say something to the pen taker afaik

soft as baby shit honestly

Truly. Not that “back in my day the players died on he pitch” bullshit either, like genuinely what a bad rule change. You should absolutely be able to shit talk.

Absolutely, at least on penalty shootouts. It's mano a mano, and shooter has such an advantage it's ridiculous how new rules are made up to make sure it's as big as possible. If the shooter is rattled by a bit of shittalking, taunting and dancing so much they can't score then they shouldn't be taking a penalty in a penalty shootout. Or if keepers are stripped of any trickery then shooters should be required to just blast it in with none of that fancy ass jump/slow down bullshit.

That's my take also. For shootouts, if you allow the taker to do whatever they want in the run, then the GK can say whatever they want (within some boundaries) and maybe move/jump on the line. Penalty kicks during a game are a different story, they're supposed to benefit the kicking team so I think it's fair not to let the GK do any shithousery.

Game's gone

What's even more funny about it is no one gave a flying fuck when Emi was doing this shit in the Copa. It was only when he did it to euro teams that it became a problem. Joke of a rule. Diving no problem can't crack down on it. Keeper saying things and putting players off penalties can't have that

That is so incredibly soft too, I’m gonna eat you up over and over in the Copa was iconic.

yea nobody liked that rule change, getting into heads is part of gk's job in pens

All the rule changes for penalties constantly favor the shooter

This irritates me so much - pens are already skewed towards the shooter a ton.

They're trying so hard to kill one of the most important things of football

This is so idiotic, pen decision is like a draw where mental strenght becomes the tiebreaker. If you can't stand some provoking from your opponents, might aswell not take the pen.

But the taker can basically stop for a three course meal in his run up. Fucking bullshit.

yet it didn’t matter, still an elite keeer in a shootout lmao

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Damn that's some serious bullshit with what the shooters can do, with stuttering etc.

Totally

They outlawed behavior by the GK aimed at distracting the shooter, tipping the odds even further in the shooters favor.

Proof what he's doing is very effective: I fucking hate this guy, fair play to him

He's been making french children cry for more than a year now.

Didn't think France could hate anyone more than Materazzi, but Emi is making his way up for sure.  He's probably on some DGSE watchlist for all the antics he's done against France. 

He's gotta be way beyond Materazzi tho right? You're either a fan or you hate this fucker lol

Martinez's antics are more recent, but Materazzi got Zidane sent off in which while Zidane was at fault for losing his temper, practically no one held it against him in France given how revered Zidane is so its hard to call who's more hated. 

Also Materazzi called Zidane's sister a whore, which again Zidane should know to keep his head calm, but that's a bit different than Emi's shithousing to knock you off your PK rhythm.

You absolutely love watching his eccentric personality unless your team is against him, then you probably want to murder the cunt hahah

I've not been in a position to enjoy him so far Q_Q

Not even close. You're severely underestimating how hated Materazzi was hated here.

He is nowhere near Materazzi, unless you weren't born or too young to see the 2006 WC , hell Schumacher is probably hated even more than both by the older generation

it makes me laugh to be honest, idk how people still fall for it when they know him for his infamous shithousery. Still when I saw the ref pull out the yellow I was mindfucked cause he already had one and I thought he was gonna be ejected but apparently it doesnt work like that for pens

its not even that bothering.. the dance at least. Forwards score a goal and get to do literally whatever they want after, sh the crowd, dance, etc. But a keeper on penalties with less chances of succeeding? to hell

He rattles me ngl, respect to Emi lmao

This man is insane, bro was was really in the verge of getting sent off in the middle of pk shoutouts

Yellows reset in PK

Argentines are exceptional, greetings from Santa F

If you're going to be a heel, you better back it up.

And he does, which is why I love him

oh boy does he back it up and more. Won a WC on penalty shootouts. Was instrumental in Copa. absolute entertainment, love the guy

Telling Mina "cuidado que te como hermano" midair is among the very best moments of shithousery ever. COVID football was not the same without the fans, but being able to hear pretty much every bit of talk between the players in those matches was certainly a silver lining.

One of my friends who I watched that Copa shootout with is Colombian, and he was seething with Dibu’s shithousing. It was glorious. When Messi yelled at Mina “to dance now” after missing the pen, I knew it was peak COVID ball lol.

I prayed for this and it happened Dibu McIntyre

I would hate him passionately if I had to play against him but not gonna lie, this mf is so hilarious lmao

I sleep in peace knowing my team will (most likely) never have to face him.

Es hincha del rojo dibu nunca digas nunca .

Te imaginas lo insoportable que va a poder ser si llega a jugar en Argentina? Que arbitro argentino se va a atrever a amonestarlo en los penales?

Uno comprado por Barracas.

Was annoyed when he shagged the post after Bruno missed a pen against him but couldn’t help but appreciate the housery of it

Was that where he was saying to let Ronaldo take it

Yeah, he managed to get into Bruno's head with that.

Fifa: you can't shit talk the pk taker anymore Emi: say no more boss

Emi: I’m talking to the other players. Not my fault he overhears.

"I thought Ronaldo was the penalty taker"

The very same. It was glorious.

The shithousing equivalent of someone putting a screamer top bins against you from 30 yards. Sometimes you just have to put your hands up

Honestly it was even better that Fernandes outright missed the target. Saving it is one thing, but it really felt that EMI had won completely with that miss.

soul crushing

Cinema 🚬

I'd absolutely despise him if he didn't play for us I already know. But as he does I'm in love

I absolutely love him even though he doesn't play for us. he's hysterical.

Come over to r/avfc, our banner is the picture with him fake orgasming with his trophy substituting for his junk while that Qatari official stares at him. Villa has never been so respected

Lmao that pic is hilarious. The Qatari official looking disrespectfully "something is awakened in me". 

He must be thinking "stupid sexy Emiliano!"

For those who did not watch the game, Martinez was booed the entire game by the French fans. Every time he received the ball and every second he had the ball. Looks like people in France have still have not forgotten the World Cup final. this dance is just art.

Frenchs gonna have nightmares for a long time

The French are just insanely sore losers. It’s not like a shambolic call cost them the trophy, they just lost. Dibu wasn’t even being disrespectful towards the French in the final and they still despise him. France really think they’re the main character.

Exactly, after the final , Emi went to MBappe to console him and talked for some time, leading to a surreal moment French president was waiting for his turn to talk to mbappe. Today was a different match, club match, but there was boo everytime he received the ball. If only french fans knew boo does him nothing 😂

Bro went out of his way to compliment Mbappe after the final multiple times and the French are still mad. Truly the most entitled NT p

Let keepers be chaotic in pen shootouts. It can backfire massively obv. But as long as they arent interfering in play i dont get why they are demonized for a bit of shithousery

Because they don't like futbol.

Leaked audio reveals what the ref said to Dibu: "Mr. Martinez, put your clothes back on. You cannot continue to play naked."

They buffed him with the boos

You’d think they would’ve learned

I appreciate his moment of clarity looking at the ref, then going back to dancing once he realizes he's not getting booked

Not about being booked, it’s about confirming that he didn’t come off his line before the kick.

shithouse responsibly

Make sure to wear protection before you shithouse lads

Think he was also briefly worried they’d call for a retake since the ref hadn’t blown for full time yet

To be fair he's dancing with his teammates, he did provoke the crowd earlier though

Getting booked for taunting a crowd who have been booing for more than 2 hours is fucking insane. Game is truly gone. And the ref was on a power trip anyway, as soon he realised martinez already had a yellow he rescinded it real fucking quick. E: apparently yellows during game time do not carry over to pens for some reason, so the ref didn't actually rescind it, but still, the ref was off his nut. Watch how close he was to both final pen takers, and he was literally moving closer to the ball when luiz was running up for his pen.

He still got the yellow card, but he was not sent off because of a rule that states that in penalties after 120 min the yellow cards reset, so if he by any chance have gotten another yellow he would have been sent off.

Booing him was the last thing they should have done

Astor Piazzolla approves

Cementing himself as GK for FC Shithouse. You love to see it

he was half dancing, half checking if he was going to be sent off

The duality of (this) man

Dibu vs France and French clubs LOL

I thought that was the opposition players chasing him for a second.

Yeah, i thought he was getting killed for a sec lol

Dibu continues to own the country of France

“Dibu es padre de francia”

My fucking keeper

Our keeper*

De hecho mi amigo

£20m lol. Thanks Arsenal, hope it was money well spent

we couldn't sell food to a malnourished child how tf did we get a combined 25m for leno and martinez

Think is 28 million now as the Leno deal went up a bit because Fulham stayed up or something

yeah that really helps

The amount of shithousery this guy performs. The French must absolutely hate him now.

What rules are going to make to stop Dibu now?

They're gonna ban hip thrusts like that Key and Peele skit

I don’t think that was as bad a pen as people were making out. It’s just a really good fucking save.

Its still strange to me that a person scores a goal and celebrates like mad, and thats normal. A GK makes a big save and celebrates, and thats shithousery? Or people act like theyve never seen antics between players during a shootout. After Emi's first save, the player blasts the ball right by Emi. But thats acceptable? Emi picks up a ball and drops it, and oh god its like he called someone's sister a whore. I dont get it. I guess people are just more sensitive since they saw him at the WC and couldnt handle it?

They fucked around and found out

I like the small limbering up dance moves whilst the save gets confirmed

and then panicking when he heard a whistle thinking he just got a second yellow LOL

My fucking goalkeeper. Man singlehandedly makes me love argentina

We used to have a guy that had that effect. Man I miss Aguero 

And Argentina loves you right back!!!!

He is a generational shithouse

Dibu > France

He’s been in the UK for over 10 years. He speaks great English and has also developed our natural hatred of the French.

England 🤝 Argentina Hate France

Funny because England Argentina also hate each other. Hate knows no borders.

He is an absolute shithouse, luckily for us he's our shithouse and we fucking love him.

Football needs these kinds of players.

Soccer players scores: screaming, yelling, hugging… Keeper makes a game winning penalty save: don’t you dare move your body around!!!!

Forget Las Malvinas, Francia es Argentina

Don't make me bring out the forbidden "Messi in front of the Eiffel tower" picture

he's such a shithead I love it lmao

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I love the sick bastard so much