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Messi: The Butterfly Effect is kind of Terrifying...
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Dec 16, 2024
Neal Maupay's tackle on Bernd Leno may have caused the greatest Butterfly effect in Football History. Watch the video fully to understand how it helped Messi and Argentina lift the World cup in 2022.... A Mini-Documentary. Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 2:00 - What is the butterfly effect? 2:31 - Who is Neal Maupay? 4:29 - Enter Martinez 7:18 - Emiliano Martínez becomes Argentina's No.1 9:20 - The World Cup 11:18 - Another twist in the tale 13:50 - Outro Follow my Twitter (X) to stay updated! @SoccerSouls Subscribe for engaging mini-documentaries
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0:04
who is Missy no
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[Music]
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messy what if I told you that a single
0:12
tackle in a Premier League match changed
0:13
the course of football history you might
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think I'm exaggerating but hear me out
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in June 2020 Neil mupe collided with
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Arsenal's goalkeeper bird Leno now you
0:23
see this moment seemed pretty ordinary
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at first but as it turns out it set off
0:27
a chain reaction that led to something
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huge we're talking about lonel Messi
0:31
finally lifting the World Cup intrigued
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well you should be because this is one
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of the craziest Butterfly Effects in
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football history Lono Messi is the only
0:41
player to complete football nap Diego
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mardana Ronaldo the original and
0:46
certainly not Cristiano Ronaldo
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according to Emmy Martinez Messi is the
0:51
first and only player to complete
0:53
football that is a pretty big but
0:55
expected statement coming from Messi's
0:57
teammate but facts do not lie lonel
1:00
Messi has won it all the only thing
1:02
missing in his trophy cabinet was the
1:04
World Cup but the little magician
1:06
dramatically broke that Jinx Lionel
1:08
Messi and Argentina were in the hunt for
1:10
a World Cup they were one of the
1:12
favorites competing was this finally
1:14
going to be the tournament where Messi
1:16
broke the curse we all remember his
1:18
performances during the group stages but
1:20
Emmy Martinez deserves a lot of credit
1:22
too the goalkeeper played a huge role in
1:24
getting Argentina over the line Martinez
1:26
became a cult figure for his
1:28
performances celebrations and penalty
1:30
saves but most will remember one
1:32
Martinez moment from the World Cup final
1:35
that save in the final seconds from K
1:37
muani is etched in history Martinez
1:39
became an unexpected hero an Argentine
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Legend after the 2022 World Cup but
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Argentina has Neil M to thank for all of
1:47
this confused well let's turn the years
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back and S into motion the crazy
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circumstances that led to lonel Messi's
1:53
World Cup win this is the craziest
1:56
butterfly effect in football history
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what is the butterfly effect the
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butterfly effect in simple terms is an
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insignificant moment that leads to a
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massive event this term is based on the
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works of mathematician and meteorologist
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Edward Norton Loren who suggested that a
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tornado could be affected by something
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as significant as a butterfly flapping
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its wings one of the greatest examples
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of this was the assassinating of Arc
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Duke France Ferdinand which led to World
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War I but coming to football how could
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Neil mupe have helped Lionel Messi win
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the World Cup well hold on of your
2:28
football boots this is how it all
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happened who is Neil mupe for those
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uninitiated with the beautiful game of
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football or those that don't follow the
2:37
English league matches Neil mope is a
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French Striker Who currently plays for
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the French side of martiale however the
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Frenchman made a name for himself in the
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championship and the Premier League
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while his goal scoring record isn't all
2:49
that great his Antics on the field have
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led many fans commentators and
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influencers to berate
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him to me he probably hasn't scored
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enough goals to his own over the last
2:59
few years to have his own
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[Music]
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celebration here it's going to be a goal
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for
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brenford but the incident we are
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discussing took the hate from opay to
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another level the date is the 20th of
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June 2020 this seemed like a regular
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run-of-the-mill Premier League game
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between Bron and Arsenal during the co
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era but one mup moment of Madness led to
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a ton of dominoes falling in favor of
3:31
Argentina the game was tied up at nil
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then the Arsenal keeper bird Leno came
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to collect a ball it seemed pretty
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straightforward but mupe nudged the
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Gunner star which led to a knee injury
3:42
could mupe have avoided bumping in Leno
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absolutely but this was mapay being mé
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he was probably trying to rile up the
3:48
keeper or send a message of intimidation
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like a lot of footballers do to the
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opposition the moment though came in a
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Flash mé chasing a long ball crashed
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into Leno as the keeper came to claim it
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it looked like nothing at first you know
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the kind of thing you see all the time
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but as Leno fell you could immediately
4:05
tell something was wrong the way he
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landed the immediate Cry of pain it sent
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a chill through everyone watching the
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Arsenal physios rushed onto the pitch
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and it quickly became clear that this
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was serious Leno was stretched off his
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knee in agony his season over in an
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instant for Arsenal it was a hammer blow
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Leno had been one of the most consistent
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performers a safety net when things got
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tough enter Emiliano Martinez Arsenal's
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long serving backup keeper now you might
4:33
think great they've got a replacement
4:35
ready to go but here's the thing
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Martinez has been at Arsenal for a
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decade mostly warming up the bench or
4:41
out on a loan this was his big chance
4:44
but could he really fill Leno's gloves
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turns out Martinez had been waiting for
4:49
this moment his entire career as he
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joged out onto the pitch replacing Leno
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you could see the determination in his
4:55
eyes this wasn't just about finishing
4:57
one game it was about seizing an
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opportunity that might never come again
5:01
but who could have guessed where this
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would lead as Martinez took his place
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between the posts nobody not the
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commentators not the fans not even
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Martinez himself could have predicted
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the incredible story that was about to
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unfold a story that would ultimately
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connect this moment to the dreams of the
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greatest players of Our Generation lonel
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Messi and Argentina's quest for World
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Cup Glory mope was slaughtered online
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for his pentul popular fan Channel aftv
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went viral after Tai one of the regulars
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on the show during the watch wanted
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Brighton to get relegated and proclaimed
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mapay as a cheat mapay in a BBC
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interview opened up on the hate he got
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from this one act I got home and got a
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phone call from the club saying uh
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listen that there's a lot of stuff going
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on online we advise you to switch off
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your social media and deactivate your
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account if you want to while M was
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getting a lot of heat online Martinez
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went from strength to strength this game
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proved to be a turning point for
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Martinez's career he had been sent on a
5:58
loan several times during his his years
5:59
at Arsenal but now he was here to stay
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he finished off the 2020 season as
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Arsenal's number one and earned a ton of
6:05
Praise from all Corners the Argentine
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helped the Gunners win the FA Cup and
6:09
was brought to tears after his heroic
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performance he spoke about the
6:13
importance of family but it seemed there
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was more to it than just the family
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aspect you've spoken about the
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importance of your family leading up to
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this have you managed to speak to them
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on the phone yet send messages I spoke
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to them um the whole week to be honest
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uh my dad didn't want want to speak a
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lot about it because he he was too
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nervous uh but I bet Aro they were all
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crying 100% this was Martinez's swung
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son of swords for the Gunners while he
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started in the community Shield game the
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next season the Argentine was sold to
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Aston Villa for an initial 17 million
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Leno was to be Arsenal's number one and
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it made sense for Martinez to move for
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regular football Martinez opened up
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about his decision to join Villa as
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arsenal were not going to give him
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regular playing time a section of the
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Arsenal fans were quite upset seeing
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Martinez leave given his exploits That
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season Arsenal Legend Ian Wright was
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also devastated by Martinez's sale
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however the former Gunner saw the bigger
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picture I can't lie I was disappointed
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to see you leave because in that moment
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you were amazing you deserve everything
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you're getting good luck with the
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Argentina number one I know you're going
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to get it God bless becoming Argentina's
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number one Martinez had been in andout
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out of the Argentina senior squad for
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quite a few years his senior call up
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came way back in 2011 but he didn't get
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to play for the side his next call up
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was in 2019 but he wasn't used in either
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game against Germany and Ecuador but
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Martinez was still not the number one
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for the South American side despite
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being called up a few times that honor
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was bestowed to Franco Armani who was
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River Plate's keeper the FES however
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played a role here too another example
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of the butterfly effect maybe Franco who
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had been Argentina's number one since
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Willie Cabella retired in 2018 kept on
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testing positive for covid-19 and that's
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when Emmy got his first cap for
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Argentina Fates and Co playing their
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part the shot stopper made his debut
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against Chile in a 2022 WC qualification
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match and he took that chance with both
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hands pun intended game after game start
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after start debu as Martinez is called
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kept on producing the goods his shot
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stopping was excellent but his penalty
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saving skills were now coming to the
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fora Emmy was one of the stars in
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Argentina's Copa American Triumph in the
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2021 tournament the rising star saved
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three spot kicks in the semi-final win
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of over Columbia and kept a clean sheet
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and a 1-nil win over bitter Rivals
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Brazil in the final Q wild celebrations
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as Argentina ended a 28-year-old trophy
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drought but there was still a few more
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chapters leading to the World Cup so
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there he was on top of the world but you
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know what they say about reaching the
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top the only way is down right could
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Martinez keep this form going could he
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handle the pressure of being Argentina's
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number one at the biggest of all stages
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but here's the thing about football it's
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got a funny way of testing you when you
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least expect it and for Martinez the
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real test the one that would define his
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career and potentially change football
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history that was still to come on the
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biggest stage of them all the World Cup
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Italy go and Brazil it is France
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Martinez and Messi win the World Cup for
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Argentina this was it this was the final
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chance for Messi the stakes couldn't be
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higher Messi had been close to lifting
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the World Cup previously but it seemed
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that Argentina was cursed right from the
9:36
first minute it almost seemed like it
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was Argentina's Destiny to win the World
9:39
Cup though Messi was breaking records
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for fun whilst almost single-handedly
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doing the heavy lifting when it came to
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scoring goals for La Ali Celeste Messi
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became the first player to score in each
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round of the World Cup he also became
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the first player to win two Golden Ball
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Awards Martinez for his part was doing
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great between the sticks debu saved two
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important penalties against in the
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quarterfinal shootout the final however
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might be the greatest World Cup game we
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have ever seen two goliaths France and
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Argentina taking swipes at each other
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like two heavyweight boxers trading
10:10
blows going all the way to the last
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round the spectacle had Argentina racing
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to a 2-n lead Messi and Angel Di Maria
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celebrated like there was no tomorrow
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Argentina surely had done it but France
10:23
had other ideas Like a Phoenix Rising
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From the Ashes kilan mbappe stole the
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show France looked dead and buried for
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80 minutes but mbappe's magic brought
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them back to life 80th minute he scores
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France's tails are up but still they
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have 10 minutes plus extra time to get
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the equalizer but mbappe had other plans
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bam a second goal goes in after another
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minute Argentina was shocked the fans
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were shocked the world was in shock
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mbappe had done the unthinkable France
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were in the ascendency this was their
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time to make Argentina pay for lapses in
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the defense
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Argentina just about held on till the
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end of regulation time all Argentina
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supporters were crestfallen was this
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going to be another story of being so
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close and yet being so far Mario gon had
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broken Argentine hearts with a late goal
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in extra time in 2014 was zape about to
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do the same another twist in the tail
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big players create big moments for their
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teams and Messi did just that the
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dimunitive Argentine again came to
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Argentina's rescue as he scored an extra
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time jubilant scenes came from the blue
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in at the lale stadium in Qatar surely
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surely this was going to be the crowning
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moment for Argentina surely Messi was
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going to match the legend that is Diego
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marona but mbappe had one more moment of
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Brilliance you can't keep the best
11:47
striker in the world down Argentina gave
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a penalty away and the Frenchman
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completed his hattick from the spot in
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the 118th minute another Crescendo but
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this time from the French supporters
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then the moment of the 2022 World Cup
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the most incredible save of Martinez's
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Argentine career happened was France
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going to defend their World Cup Crown
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surely they were going to win it deep
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into injury time of extra time colom
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muani is one-on-one against Martinez and
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somehow the Argentine goalkeeper
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produces an unbelievable save how did he
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do this the gods were on Argentina's
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side the Miss could have deflated France
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you don't get such chances in any final
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let alone a World Cup muani could have
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stolen the headlines for Messi from
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mbappe from Martinez but it was not to
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be this moment will never be forgotten
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though the World Cup has always produced
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incredible moments that no one can
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forget maradona's hand of God zandan
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Zan's headbutt off Marco materazzi Pelle
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scoring a brace in the final when he was
12:51
just 17 England winning the World Cup in
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66 Lis Suarez's handball against Ghana
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sangal defeating defending Champions
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France and now that list has one more
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addition Martinez is incredible save in
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the dying seconds of the final but debu
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save would not have happened had he not
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been number one debu would not have been
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number one for Argentina had it not been
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for amman's Co issues Martinez could not
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have been in the Reckoning had it not
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been for his excellent performances for
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Aston Villa Martinez would not have been
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at Aston Villa had it not been for his
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starring role at Arsenal Martinez though
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would not have been starring for Arsenal
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had it not been for Leno's injury and
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Leno would not have been injured had it
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not been for mupe the butterfly effect
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is in full flow lonel Messi won the
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World Cup and it all started with Neil
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mé being Neil mapay and injuring a
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German goalkeeper in a Premier League
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game a Frenchman did end up with a huge
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say in the world cup but it wasn't aé it
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was mé so here's the thing about
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football and life in general every
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moment has the potential to change
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everything we've seen it with Martinez's
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Journey it's a reminder that sometimes
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the most unexpected twists can lead to
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the greatest triumphs so next time
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you're faced with the decision big or
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small remember this could be your
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Martinez moment who knows where it might
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lead
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