When he joined Premier League club Aston Villa in September 2020, Amy Martinez was nowhere to be found on the top goalkeepers list. The one who was never considered as the number one goalie of the team he played until recently. He is notorious for being assigned to guard the net only when his teammates are absent due to injury or the like. The Gunners have played in the Premier League only 13 times in the last decade. Out of favor with the Gunners, he was loaned out to other teams six times.
Still, there was a goalkeeping coach named Neil Cutler who waited patiently for his time without flinching. With the two reunited, Amy and Willa’s showcase is now a pile of medals. FIFA’s best goalkeeper award is only the last of them.
Cutler says the Premier League’s number two goalie to win the World Cup in such a short space of time has been an unparalleled journey and his rapid growth has been achieved through a combination of will and commitment to work. Despite Cutler leaving the team last October, Martinez did not forget to call his beloved coach directly to inform him as soon as Argentina won the World Cup in Qatar. That was the relationship between the two.
Cutler has something else to say to those who accuse Amy of throwing temper tantrums during the game and the extravagant celebration with the Golden Gloves award in hand – “He who gives everything for his cause. The one who goes swimming in the middle of the night to ensure that he is fully fit for the game the next day..”And so on.
The chance to get into the starting XI with the Gunners was during the 2019-20 Covid season when number one coach Bernd Lennox was injured at the Emirates Stadium. Martinez then went on a 11-game hitting streak. He was a star presence even in the FA Cup final where he defeated Chelsea. After that, he was outside again when he got a call from the villa.
Cutler says he really had to work to get someone who didn’t have a place in the starting XI.
However, after joining the team, Amy failed at the beginning. A clean sheet without conceding a goal in four of the first seven games for the team that was far behind in the Premier League.
With the deadly form, Argentina caught the coach’s eye on Emi. Maiden birth in June 2021 in national costume. Emi also had the most clean sheets in the Copa America – four in six games.
Arriving at the 2022 World Cup, Argentina had no other options in front of the net – only Emi. The star was also a big presence in the final where France and Mbappe clashed.
Mana calculations in the shootout
A penalty in United’s favor during the Villa-United clash in September 2021. Bruno Fernandes takes the kick. A small ‘advice’ went to the ears of Bruno who came forward. That it was Cristiano who should have taken the kick, not you. What happened next needs no explanation. Bruno kicks out. Emi’s performances in front of the right are often such as to establish a psychological advantage. The same was seen when the French players came to kick off in the final. Mbappe was the only one to conquer the star three times.