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On July 10, 2021, it was marked by fire for Emiliano Martínez, Lionel Messi, the Argentine national team and the entire country. After a long time, the national team won an official title and removed a thorn that had been dragging for decades. Two of those most responsible were those just mentioned: Dibu, key with his saves (and decisive in the penalty shootout for the semifinals against Colombia), and Leo for being the player with the best performance throughout the entire competition. His hug was immortalized in the work of an English artist, who specially designed it for the goalkeeper.
Martínez posed with the two pictures that Archie Wallis gave him: one of his eternal “embrace of the soul” with Messi and another of a sign that popularized him during the penalty round against Colombia. In return, the goalkeeper of the selected albiceleste he gave the Briton a yellow archer’s sweatshirt with his number and name on it.
“It was great to meet you both, Emi Martínez and Mandinha Martínez to leave your commissioned portraits, thank you both for the warm welcome to your home, it was a real pleasure to create these pieces. What player and what type. I am grateful to have now created portraits celebrating an Olympic gold medal and an unreal Copa America championship.”was the message from Wallis, who did not make a mistake in citing the Olympic gold medal, but rather referred to his previous work with the Brazilian from English Arsenal Gabriel Martinelli, champion in Tokyo 2020.
From now on, Martínez will have at home a reason to be inspired for his next commitments with the National Team. At the end of March, the cast led by Lionel Scaloni will play the last two days of the South American Qualifiers on the way to Qatar 2022 (they will receive Venezuela and visit Ecuador in Guayaquil) and both players are expected to be called up by the coaching staff. Then there will be preparatory friendlies for the World Cup that will start in November and end in December of this year.
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