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Emiliano Martinez performs lewd trophy gesture after Argentina’s World Cup win

Emiliano Martinez shocked World Cup fans when he celebrated his Golden Glove award with a lewd gesture in front of billions of global TV viewers.

The Aston Villa goalkeeper held the trophy, a giant gold-plated hand, to his groin and waved it about at the post-match ceremony at the Lusail Stadium in Doha.

Martinez had been the hero of Argentina’s penalty shootout win, saving one spot-kick from Kingsley Coman and watching Aurelien Tchouameni hit another wide, and went on to win the best goalkeeper award.

Yet those achievements are now likely to be overshadowed by his decision to mark the moment with the X-rated gesture on the podium before Argentina collected the trophy, with BBC pundit Gary Lineker heard saying on commentary: ‘No! Don’t do that, Emi.”

Martinez starred in the Argentina’s march to World Cup glory, capturing the attention of the world by dancing at penalty shootouts. He also proved to be a master of the dark arts of his craft, throwing the ball away before Tchouameni’s spot-kick instead of rolling it to the France midfielder. Tchouameni was forced to retrieve the ball and went on to drag his high-pressure kick wide.

Martinez flew the flag for Aston Villa at the tournament, becoming the first player from the club to play in a World Cup final and, now, win football’s biggest prize.

Questions will now be asked though as to what went through his mind at the end-of-match ceremony.

Lionel Messi, who scored twice in an epic final that finished 3-3 in normal time, collected an award for the player of the tournament following the eyebrow-raising gesture.

Kylian Mbappe, his rival for the Balon d’Or and title of world’s best player, won the Golden Boot, awarded for the tournament’s highest scorer, for his eight goals. Three of those came on Sunday, when Mbappe became the first man to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final since Sir Geoff Hurst in 1966.

Unlike Hurst, however, Mbappe ended up on the losing side – a cruel twist for a player who had inspired a remarkable France comeback with two goals inside 80 seconds when his side had been trailing 2-0.

A third followed from the penalty spot in extra time after Messi had scored his second of the game to make it 3-2. Both players went on to find the net in the shootout but it was Martinez who had the final say – on the pitch and, unexpectedly, off it.

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good job Santigerdave. thanks Z.

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The FIFA banned video President Zelenskiy of Ukraine wanted to show the world: a message of world unity and peace.

The initiative of the President of Ukraine

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it was a disappointing match until France got the penalty. At that point I told the wife, “now we’ve got a game on our hands”. Argentina were up 2-0 by being, well … Argentina. Then in the second half they went back to their old tricks and it was a matter of time before France got back into it. Coman, Muani, Fofana, Konate, and Camavinga breathed some life into France when they were starting to look dead and buried. When Emi saved Muani’s shot late in extra time, I said “that’s it, that’s the World Cup right there”. I told the wife I wanted France to win the shootout but that Argentina would probably win it because of Emi. Back in France they’re probably giving Aurélien Tchouaméni the “Saka” treatment for missing his pk. Also probably second guessing Dechamps for starting the players that were sick.

Messi has been that once in a generation player that Mbappe has become. A real treat to watch them play against each other in a WC final. I didn’t care who won because I didn’t like either team, but I dislike France less than I dislike Argentina so I was pulling for France at the end. All along I should have guessed it would be Argentina v France because of Messi and Mbappe. A no brainer really. I was just hoping for something else.

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what a great match. thanks Z.

good thing the attack was on track since our defense was porous. looks like Ter Stegen got most of the blame, which wasn’t deserved.

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Matt Damon calls out George Clooney for defecating in another star’s kitty litter box as a prank

Matt Damon has no issues spilling George Clooney’s secrets.

In a sneak peek of the Kennedy Center Honors, Damon pays tribute to his friend Clooney, who was one of the honorees. The pair have been friends for many years, so it came as no surprise when Damon used the opportunity to poke fun at Clooney, telling some wild stories in the process.

“It has been said that my friend George Clooney is the last of the true movie stars. So, I got to thinking about exactly what that meant,” Damon said, according to E! News.

“Of course, a number of past Kennedy Center honorees have certainly been movie stars in that classic sense. Actors with class and sophistication — Cary Grant, Henry Fonda, Paul Newman, Gregory Peck.”

After naming all the beloved actors who have received the same honor as Clooney, Damon roasted Clooney.

“And then I think of George, a man who defecated in Richard Kind’s kitty litter box as a joke,” Damon recalled.

Kind, best known for his roles as Dr. Mark Devanow in “Mad About You” and a longtime Clooney friend, was in the audience to confirm Damon’s story.

In March 2021, Clooney and Kind went into detail on the “SmartLess” podcast about how the litter box prank came to be, saying it started out with Clooney continually cleaning the cat’s litter box, making Kind think his cat was constipated.

“My little kitty. He hasn’t taken a s— in, I think, three days,” Kind recalled to Clooney, who at the time, didn’t tell Kind he was scooping the litter box.

“And then he takes the cat to the vet, and they give him this kitty Metamucil,” Clooney added. “And so now this little kitty is s—ting 15 times a day, and I am scooping it all up, because I have nothing else to do,” Clooney shared. “I have no idea why. It’s just funny.”

However, as far as Kind was aware, his cat still hadn’t had a bowel movement.

“The light bulb, you know, goes off, and I realized what I must do, which is take a s— in the cat box,” Clooney said on the podcast. “He’s in there for like a minute, and I don’t hear anything and then, all of a sudden, I hear, ‘Oh, my God! … I come in and I just, tears coming down my eyes, I’m laughing, and slowly he figures it out.

“He gets madder and madder and, finally, he’s like, ‘I understand humor. Defecation doesn’t make me laugh.'”

During the Kennedy Center Honors, Damon also brought up Clooney’s penchant for sending letters to others, pretending to be someone else, calling him “a man who once stole Bill Clinton’s stationary and wrote fake notes to actors, saying how much the president loved their movies.”

During an interview with Jimmy Kimmel earlier this year, Clooney elaborated on his love of forgery and the White House incident.

“The White House stationary of Bill Clinton, Bill Clinton’s actual stationary,” Clooney told Kimmel. “And I send actors all the time, letters from Bill Clinton, about much he loved their movie. Which I guarantee they’re hanging up in their homes. So, if anyone’s watching, take the picture down, take it down.”

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BLAUGRANA wrote:

Tied for second most goals in a World Cup and middling af for me….

it could be argued that he has a better supporting cast and manager with Argentina than he does with Boca … if you want to get technical.

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