Great architect of Aston Villa’s qualification at the expense of Lille (2-1, 1-2, 4 tab to 3) for the semi-finals of the Europa Conference League, Emiliano Martinez fueled the resentment of LOSC president Olivier Létang . “I don’t want us to spend time talking about this boy who has an attitude that is not that of a very high level athlete, castigated the leader. Because in high-level sport, in victory or in defeat, you have to remain calm and elegant, so I prefer that we focus on ourselves and bring out all the positive aspects. »
“Dibu” Martinez, among other things, distracted Nabil Bentaleb before stopping his attempt, upset the Lille ultras with a second warning, and was once again decisive on Benjamin André’s fifth attempt.
“ Martinez likes to distract himself, as we saw on the first shot on goal, where he runs to get the ballcommented Jonathan David, who scored his shot on goal. Normally, he just has to go for his goal. For him, it’s a tactical game. For me, it’s like a penalty that I take in a match. Personally, I had a decision in mind and I stayed focused on that. » Lille coach Paulo Fonseca described the Argentinian as “ great goalkeeper “.