Le Graet said he launched the official complaint against Martinez to the Argentine FA because the Aston Villa goalkeeper went “too far”
By Kehinde Okeowo
Argentina goalkeeper, Emiliano Martinez, has been reported to his country’s FA by the France FA after taunting French striker, Kylian Mbappe during and after the World Cup finals between both countries.
The French FA president, Noel Le Graet made this known while speaking with Ouest-France recently,
admitting he launched the official complaint against Martinez because his actions after the game went “too far”
The 30-year-old Aston Villa goalkeeper was spotted carrying around a doll with Mbappe’s face taped to it during the celebrations in Buenos Aires and even called for a mock moment’s silence in the dressing room after the game.
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Noel Le Graet, after the incident, said he had to write a formal letter of complaint to his Argentina counterpart Claudio Tapia to express his displeasure on the matter.
“I wrote to my counterpart from the Argentine Federation, I find these excesses abnormal, in the context of a sports competition, and I find it difficult to understand,’
“This is going too far. Mbappé’s behaviour has been exemplary.”
The Argentina goalkeeper also drew criticism for making a crude gesture with the Golden Glove trophy – something which he has since claimed was in response to French boos during the game.
Martinez was also visibly pumped up during the penalty shoot-out and performed some inflammatory dance moves to celebrate Aurelien Tchouameni’s missed attempt, much to the chagrin of Les Bleus fans.
Mbappe, who took home the Golden Boot award despite not lifting the Trophy in Qatar, is yet to offer a response to Martinez’s provocative taunts.
Rather, the Paris Saint Germain striker returned to training with the French outfit earlier than expected.
