Emiliano Martínez named second best goalkeeper of 2022 by IFFHS

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Emiliano Martínez has been named as the second best goalkeeper by the IFFHS, with Thibaut Courtois being named as the best.

Martínez won the World Cup with Argentina and was named as the goalkeeper of the tournament but it was Thibaut Courtois of Belgium who was named as the best goalkeeper of the year.

Thibaut Courtois won the Champions League and La Liga with Real Madrid but did not have a great World Cup with Belgium. Courtois finished with 125 points as Martínez finished with 110 points. Third place goalkeeper was Yassine Bounou of Morocco and Sevilla who finished with 55 points.

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  1. @el_pricipe very nice and good post again !

    ” el_principe January 6, 2023 At 5:27 am
    The moment Emi and Cuti were introduced to our team somewhere before Copa started, they already looked extremely special right from their debut. I knew it they had the potential to be the best of all time in their positions. That’s why I decided to follow them.”

    Yes, exactly right as i was anxiously waiting for this moment to happen and as u mentioned ” somewhere before Copa ” i want to ask u if u can remember if they both were introduced to starting eleven at the very same game which was or had to be one of those ( i quess, but i’m not fully sure as i don’t honestly remember even i watched all those 2-3 games as WCQ’s) WCQ’s as i can remember a game of WCQ when Arg was playing at home, but can’t remember against who and instead what i do remember as after both had made their debut’s or made the starting eleven and very soon after this as i’m not sure was there 2 games or only 1 game before they both got injured against Columbia in Columbia in a game which did not end so goodly as i think both were injured right before halftime as at first half i can remember Arg playing allmost like ”Finallisma” style and also like they played in the final against France until Di Maria was taken off etc…as the second half against Columbia did not go good at all for Arg as maybe only one of them got injured in the first half as i think it was Dibu and Cuti got injured during second half which also resulted to some a bit of CONFUSION with the subs coming in and out for Arg and also both theese injuries kind of directly changed the whole game with the CONFUSION of the subs that the game Arg had not only fully dominated, but also played really beautifull football too were kind of completly lost or dissaapperared totally as the game ended as a draw either 2-2 or 3-3 as i can’t remember the correct result also after the game Scaloni was not the only one talking about Foyth’s error as in his interview he kind directly put all the blame on one single error of Foyth’s as Yes he was reckless( though i think it was not only Foyth’s fault) with the ball in the last goal which started from Marchesin’s error as he could not clearly play the ball with his feet’s at all etc…as this was maybe one the main reasons Scaloni dropped Foyth from Copa and also Cuti’s injury was way way worst than Dibu’s as Cuti could only, luckily though play in the final of Copa and without Dibu Arg would not made the final of Copa at all !

    So u are more than right about DIBU’s importance not only for Arg, but i think that comparison u made with Zoff, Buffon, Neur and Yashin who obviously i have not seen playing, lol !, but now when i go back in my Mind what i have seen since WC 78 and playing in Europe, well i think it is quite fairly to say that what u wrote ”
    Emi is a special character. He could have played better, he could have saved some of the goals he conceded but even by conceding 8 goals in the World Cup was still enough to make him one of the greatest goalies not just in the WC but of all time. There are other great goalies of all time like Zoff, Buffon, Yashin, Nauer but none of them impacted their team to win the WC as much as Emi. I mean 2 PK shootout victory plus 2 golden saves in dying minutes are crazy. I don’t remember Zoff, Nauer, Buffon, or Yashin doing that.”

    Well, Yes deffenetly none of those name’s did what he did as even we have not really seen Yashin in whole, but Still i think like u wrote too as what u said about GOYCO, well before DIBU emerged he was allways my favorite Goalie of all time.

    He deserves really to a move to bigger club, don’t know which, but must come next summer as i hope that club he moves on will win the Champions league and DIBU will be not only crowned as Champions keague winner, but also the best Goalie for UCL !

    I just wonder sometime’s if Cuti and Dibu will play in the same Club as Messi, would they be able to win together the Champions league, well Ok, i quess there is eternal pattern for theese kind of future scenarios, so i won’t go wondering too much about it, but DIBU deffenetly deserves to given chance at UCL and hopefully with a goid team of capable of winning UCL !

  2. The moment Emi and Cuti were introduced to our team somewhere before Copa started, they already looked extremely special right from their debut. I knew it they had the potential to be the best of all time in their positions. That’s why I decided to follow them.

    Emi is a special character. He could have played better, he could have saved some of the goals he conceded but even by conceding 8 goals in the World Cup was still enough to make him one of the greatest goalies not just in the WC but of all time. There are other great goalies of all time like Zoff, Buffon, Yashin, Nauer but none of them impacted their team to win the WC as much as Emi. I mean 2 PK shootout victory plus 2 golden saves in dying minutes are crazy. I don’t remember Zoff, Nauer, Buffon, or Yashin doing that.

    He just turned into super saiyan right at the crunch time only. I was a huge fan of Goyco in 1990. But Emi is just a better version. A lot of people say that Emi is not a league goalie. He is a tournament goalie. Maybe that’s right. But that’s what important for us as Argentina don’t play in league games. They always play in tournament games.

    I just hope he moves to a big club in summer and play in CL. He deserves that. That’s the only thing missing in his life. He got Copa America medal + best goalie. He got the finalissima medal. He won the WC plus best goalie. Only 2 things he needs in his career: being league champion and CL trophy.

    Thank u Emi Martinez!

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