Emiliano Martinez has mentioned that the Argentina supporters in Qatar have made an enormous distinction for the nation of their run to the ultimate.
Argentina overcame Croatia within the semi-final on Tuesday night, with a brace from Julian Alvarez and a penalty kick from Lionel Messi proving to be the distinction between the edges.
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Speaking to beIN Sports after the win, the Aston Villa goalkeeper mentioned: “I can’t believe it. I just can’t believe it. We lost the first game, all of a sudden everything was upside down, people doubting us because obviously we lost our unbeaten run of 36 games.
“Against Mexico, we have been slightly bit sloppy within the first half. Everyone needed us to lose so it is us towards the remainder of the world.
“I’m so glad this group of 26 players are all fighters and we have 45 million Argentinians all behind us. We feel the crowd, the streets are full of Argentinians and every time we play we are at home. There’s always 40 or 50,000 Argentinians in every ground and we’re so happy to have them.”
When requested about Lionel Messi’s health and if there have been any considerations after the ahead was seen holding his hamstring, Martinez replied: “No, no. We played 120 minutes against Holland and it was a hard game for him but as you can see he wants to finish every game. Physically he’s really good and he’s getting man of the match in every game.”