Goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez , a lesser-known player in the Argentina team takes center stage from captain and star Lionel Lessi. He saved three penalties in a shootout against Colombia-using some well-timed trash talk against his opponents-to put his team into Saturday’s Copa America final against.
The 28-year-old Martinez had never played for Argentina when Franco Armani, the team’s most frequent starting goalkeeper, tested positive for Covid-19 on June 12, and recovered but protocols meant he could not play.
“They took us to penalties and that’s a question of luck,” an emotional Martinez said after the match at the Mane Garrincha Stadium in Brasilia . “Today it was down to me”.
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