Placing the Copa América trophy on his genitals, a habitual gesture for him since he celebrated the Golden Glove at the World Cup in Qatar, and slapping the camera away after Argentina’s defeat against Colombia, has cost him dearly. Draw Martínezwho has received a very harsh sanction by FIFA.
The Aston Villa goalkeeper He will not be able to play with the Albiceleste team in the next two games. of the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup against Venezuela and Bolivia, after the Disciplinary Commission of the governing body of world football considers that he was “responsible for his offensive behavior and his violation of the principles of fair play” in the duels against Chile and Colombia, also from the World Cup qualifiers.
The text indicates that the Argentine soccer player is suspended for two games and that “said suspension is will be fulfilled during the next game(s) official(s) of the representative team of the Argentine Football Association”. The AFA, for its part, has shown itself to be “absolutely in disagreement with the decision taken” by FIFA.
On September 5, within the framework of Argentina-Chile, Dibu repeated with the Copa América an obscene gesture that he had already made 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 Argentina’s 2-1 defeat against Colombia on September 10, Martínez he hit a camera that was focused on him with his hand after greeting several rivals on the field, including his teammate in the English team Jhon Jader Durán.
What happened was captured by the cameras that broadcast the match played in Barranquilla and quickly uploaded to social networks in which it was interpreted by Colombian fans as a bad loser gesture.
The next day, the Colombian Association of Sports Journalists (Acord Colombia) “conclusively” rejected what happened in a statement, in which it recalled that “slapping the cameraman’s equipment onto the grass is a crime.” attack on freedom of expression that our union does not admit”, at the same time that he defended that “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 tablewith 18 points, two more than Colombia and three more than Uruguay
