Buenos Aires, Argentina /
The Argentine goalkeeper of Aston Villa, Emiliano Martínez, received a two-match ban from FIFA, so you won’t be able to play with the albiceleste team The next matches of the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup against Venezuela and Bolivia.
As published by the Argentine Football Association (AFA) on its official website, despite the defense made by the federation itself and the player, the Disciplinary Commission of the governing body of world football considered ‘Dibu’ “responsible for his offensive behavior and his violation of the principles of fair play” in the duels against Chile and Colombia, also in the World Cup qualifiers.
The text recalls that the defendant is suspended for two games and that “said suspension will be fulfilled during the next official match(es) of the representative team of the Argentine Football Association.”
The AFA expressed itself “absolutely disagree with the decision taken” by FIFA, he added in his text.
On September 5, within the framework of Argentina-Chile, ‘Dibu’ repeated an obscene gesture with the Copa América which he had already done on previous occasions, including after winning the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, placing the trophy in front of his genitalswhich has been punished by the governing body of world football.
Furthermore, after the match that Argentina lost 2-1 against Colombia on September 10, Martínez greeted several rivals on the field, including his teammate in the English team Jhon Jader Durán, but at one point he walked forward and hit a camera that was focused on him with his hand.
What happened was captured by the cameras that broadcast the match played in Barranquilla and quickly uploaded to social networks where it was interpreted by Colombian fans as a gesture of a bad loser.
The next day, the Colombian Association of Sports Journalists (Acord Colombia) he “conclusively” rejected what happened, because, he said in a statement, “swatting the cameraman’s items onto the grass It is an attack on freedom of expression that our union does not admit. “Colombia is a country in which the freedom to inform is respected.”
Argentina, which will play on October 10 against Venezuela as a visitor and on the 15th at home against Bolivia, leads the qualifying table, with 18 points, two more than Colombia and three more than Uruguay.
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