Emi Martinez, the Argentinian goalkeeper, stole the show on Sunday when Argentina took on France in the final of the FIFA World Cup 2022 at the Lusail Stadium. Both sides played a breathtaking game that eventually headed to penalties for a decision to be made.

Argentina won the shootout, thereby winning their third World Cup title. However, there were more than a couple of heroes involved in this triumph. Emi Martinez, being one of them, showed great determination and mental strength to help Argentina clinch the title.

Till the 80th minute of the game, the France forwards were in the pockets of the Argentine defense as the Whites and the Blues dominated the game in scintillating manner. However, a couple of tactical substitutions from Didier Deschamps and some individual brilliance from Kylian Mbappe helped France fight back.

The amount of domination by Argentina can be portrayed through the fact that France had only two shots on goal which resulted in 2 goals till the 82nd minute of the game. The match then headed to extra time.

Once again, Lionel Messi pulled the strings back in Argentina’s favor but at the other end, it was Kylian Mbappe, who could do wrong on the night of the final, scoring a hat-trick in the World Cup final at the 118th minute of the game.

France could have put the game to bed in the final minute of the extra time when Emi Martinez arose himself as a hero once again for his nation.

Kolo Muani came one-on-one with Emiliano Martinez after Otamendi failed to cut out the through ball as France broke quickly on the counter once again. The goalkeeper made an amazing save by sprinting out and spreading himself out to block the shot.

Watch the epic save here:

Had Martinez not come up big in that moment, Argentina, in all probability, might have lost the final as the moment happened in the last minute of extra time with no chance for Argentina to bounce back. However, destiny had something else planned for the Albiceleste which saw Lionel Messi live his dream and finally, lift the World Cup trophy.