The president of UEFA,
Aleksandr Ceferin
, considers that the captain of the Argentine team,
Lionel Messi
, should have called attention to his teammate,
Emiliano Dibu Martínez
, for his offensive gestures and attitudes after the final of the
World Cup in Qatar 2022
.
In the book "Messianico", the journalists Sebastián Fest, from Argentina, and Alexandre Juillard, from France, include statements by the Slovenian lawyer about the best player in the last World Cup, in which he claims that "he should have said something, told
him to stop doing that, to show some respect
. "
"In the end, Messi plays all year with (Kylian) Mbappé," explains the sports manager, alluding to 'Dibu' Martínez's taunting of the French striker: "If you see how he reacted during penalties... I can't understand
what I made fun of Mbappé, the puppet thing and things like that
. That's not sportsmanship, it was primitive and I didn't like it".
Slovenian Aleksander Ceferin, president of UEFA.
Ceferin, who highlights the "humility" of the Argentine captain, also highlights in that interview the "good job" of the goalkeeper,
but believes that "his reactions were primitive."
About the famous gesture that the Aston Villa goalkeeper made when he picked up the award as the best in his position at the Qatar 2022 World Cup and placed it in front of his genitals, the UEFA president believes that it was "a disgusting thing
"
.
"That is not done. You won the World Cup! Show some greatness, show that you are not primitive. You
can be a perfect goalkeeper, but if you are not a good person..."
, he adds.
Dibu Martínez and his unusual reaction when receiving the award for best goalkeeper in the World Cup.
Photo: Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP.
In that passage of the book, Ceferin expresses his admiration for the football displayed by Messi in the last World Cup and affirms that "without him, Argentina would not have even reached the quarterfinals."
"When you don't know what to do on the pitch, you pass the ball to Messi. I was sure that the final, which was fantastic, was finished, that the cup was already Messi's. And in the end it was deserved, Argentina was
better than France
", he summarizes.
The latest edition of the book "Messianico" (Sudamericana, 2022), an investigation into the life and football career of Argentine Lionel Messi, was published this week in Argentina.
Photo: EFE
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