He can’t help it: Emiliano Martínez has once again made an obscene gesture with a trophy. FIFA bans Argentine goalkeeper for misconduct.
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The Argentine soccer world champion Emiliano Martínez has been banned for two games in the South American World Cup qualification for, among other things, another obscene gesture. The Argentine football association Afa announced the ban imposed by the disciplinary committee of the world association FIFA. The goalkeeper will therefore be missing from Argentina’s games against Venezuela and Bolivia in October.
Martínez was punished for his misconduct after his team’s games against Chile and Colombia this month. After the game against Chile (3-0), the 32-year-old held the Copa America trophy, which Argentina won in mid-July, provocatively in front of his abdomen. The Aston Villa professional had already attracted negative attention with a similarly obscene jubilant gesture at the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar when he held the Golden Glove as an award for the tournament’s best goalkeeper in front of his genitals at the ceremony.
