Emiliano Martínez’s Spectacular Performance Secures Aston Villa’s Draw Against Chelsea in FA Cup

A real wall. This is how Emiliano Martínez’s first half could be defined, who covered up everything that came his way at the beginning of the duel for Aston Villa and was suffered by Enzo Fernández and Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea. His participation was vital with five monumental blocks in 45 minutes to leave the Villans in the game, who tied without goals as visitors and will define the round of 16 tie of the FA Cup in a replay with their audience at Villa Park with date and time to determinate.

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In the first quarter of an hour, the Mar del Plata native’s right leg stretched to deflect a one-on-one from Noni Madueke. It was the start of her show at Stamford Bridge. At 18′, Martínez had to go to the rescue of his teammate, Clément Lenglet. In the midst of a defensive outing, the centre-back delivered a ball towards the opening of the area, where Cole Palmer intercepted it. The long control of the former Manchester City man gave the goalkeeper time to narrow the angle of execution and the shot impacted his humanity.

On the edge of the half hour of play, Palmer overflowed the left side of the field, sent a center at mid-height, which deviated along the way and, on the line, Dibu appeared to prevent his fence from falling in a action more linked to the world champion’s own fortune with the Argentine team. A few seconds later, at 32′, he drowned out Gallagher with a perfectly contained cross shot. His confidence grew quickly, and soon increased when he demonstrated skill in controlling a one-handed overhead header under the goal.

*Dibu Martínez’s first saves

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His performance in the initial stage was closed in the first minute of the three added by referee Robert Jones. Benoit Badiashile rose high to execute a header over the far post after a corner kick, but the defender’s aerial search was stopped by Dibu, who threw himself against his left side to take the round.

Looking ahead to the complement, the balance tilted in favor of the visit because those led by Unai Emery transformed the Blues goalkeeper, Dorde Petrović, into a figure. However, Emiliano Martínez had to intervene at the end to clear a forced pass from a teammate in the face of the rival siege. It must be remembered that in the 88th minute, Enzo Fernández left the field to replace Carney Chukwuemeka.

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Goals were elusive for both teams, who will face each other again in a matter of days in the fight to obtain a ticket to the round of 16, since the format of the competition requires a tiebreaker match to be held at the visitor’s home. If parity is repeated there, they will go to extra time and penalties.

Regardless of the final result, the Aston Villa goalkeeper maintains a great season with nine clean sheets in 27 games and crucial interventions to support his teammates in the fight for the Premier League and the Conference League. In the first competition, they are tied in second place with 43 points along with Manchester City and Arsenal. He is 5 behind the leader, Liverpool. While they are already classified for the round of 16 in the continental competition.

EMILIANO MARTÍNEZ’S OTHER SAVES

* Dibu Martínez’s saves

* The saving closing of Emiliano Martínez

TOTTENHAM 0-1 MANCHESTER CITY

It took Manchester City 87 minutes to unlock the tie against Tottenham Hostpur in London. Those led by Pep Guardiola were started by Julián Álvarez, who retired midway through the complement in place of Kevin De Bruyne. Nathan Aké scored the only goal for the last Premier League champion to secure their place among the top 16 teams in the FA Cup.

2024-01-26 23:34:59
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