Like all Argentines, he barely comes down to earth: “I’m happy, I’m trying to enjoy a little, to come back to reality”, told the microphone of the Argentine radio station Radio Con Vos Matin Tocalli. The goalkeeping coach of the Argentina team, undoubtedly relished his title a little more than the others, he who was in charge of training the very decisive – and now controversial – Emiliano Martinez.
A Martinez who used both cunning and talent to stop Kingsley Coman’s shot on goal and forced Aurélien Tchouaméni’s miss, to allow Argentina to reach their dream.
“I told him: it’s your time, shut up, it’ll be fine”
“At that time, we first talked about the issue of shooters, says Tocalli. And then I told him (Editor’s note: to Martinez) that I felt he was calm. I told him : it’s your time, I trust you, shut up, it’ll be fine. We had already talked about the fact that we had never seen some of their players take a penalty, like Coman, so I think there was not much more to say, I felt really calm and confident in him. That’s why I told him to shut up, as if to tell him to go out there and make us win. »
Tocalli underlined the importance of the attitude, at least the confidence that Martinez exuded at the decisive moment: “He was very convinced, he always feels like a winner, he feels he can do well, I think he This is partly what helps him achieve this performance, he assured. Confidence is essential, especially in the goalkeeper. »
Asked about the best goalkeepers in the competition, he obviously crowned Martinez: “The world number 1 is Emiliano, he proved it, he had a great World Cup”. And, on the podium, he praises the unfortunate finalist: “It is no coincidence that during two World Cups, with two finals, he had good performances, great matches with few errors”, assures he about Hugo Lloris.