Crystal Palace boss Patrick Viera has said that he is not impressed with the celebrations of Emi Martinez. He has also criticized him for his celebrations after winning the golden glove.
Hence, Emi Martinez can add another hater of him to the list. Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has also made it clear that he will talk with his goalkeeper about the celebrations.
CRYSTAL PALACE BOSS AND FORMER FRANCE MIDFIELDER NOT HAPPY WITH THE EMI MARTINEZ CELEBRATIONS
Crystal Palace manager Patrick Viera has said that the celebrations of Emiliano Martinez were over the top. He has also said that Martinez should not have made the gestures after winning the golden glove. Viera further said,
“Some of the pictures I saw from the Argentinian goalkeeper, I think, take away a little bit what Argentina achieved at the World Cup,”.
“I don’t think they really needed that. You can’t control sometimes people’s emotional decisions. But that was a stupid decision, I think, from Martinez to do that.”
Many other former footballers have also said that Martinez’s celebrations were over the top. Many media publications are also calling him the world’s most hated footballer. Hence, it looks like the observations of the Crystal Palace boss were correct. However, it is clear that Emiliano Martinez will not care about the opinions of others. He has behaved several times like that during penalty shootouts. The Aston Villa goalkeeper has also intimidated his opponents in the same way.
THE ARGENTINE GOALKEEPER WILL NOW FOCUS ON HIS CLUB FOR THE REST OF THE REASON
Emiliano Martinez will now have his focus on helping Aston Villa climb up the table. At the moment, they are trying their best to win as a team under Unai Emery. The advice for Crystal Palace will be also to focus on the rest of the season. Both of the teams are not in their best forms. Hence, Patrick Viera should improve his team in the January transfer window and finish above the relegation places. The ambition of Aston Villa was also to qualify for Europe under Steven Gerrard at the start of the season.
However, nothing went right for the former Liverpool midfielder. He was then sacked and Unai Emery was signed as a new manager. Hence, their aims should be also like Crystal Palace. The first aim is to sign players that will improve the team in the second half of the season. However, the second aim will be to climb up positions in the Premier League table. Therefore, Unai Emery expects Emiliano Martinez to play in the game against Tottenham. He missed the loss against Liverpool on boxing day.
Crystal Palace will also have to play better against Bournemouth after their horrid show against Fulham. They lost the game 3-0 and also received two red cards for their players. Hence, it is better that Patrick Viera keeps his focus on his issues with the club. Emiliano Martinez will hope to win against Palace on 4th March.
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