After Argentina won FIFA World Cup, Lionel Messi hugged me and said…’: Emi Martinez reveals emotional moment after Qatar final
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Argentina’s World Cup-winning goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez met his die-hard fans in Kolkata on Tuesday. The 29-year-old, who was named the Golden Glove winner at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, is the first reigning World Cup champion to visit the city, and fans could not get enough of him and, at one stage, jumped over barricades to get a glimpse of their hero from close quarters. Fortunately, Martinez was whisked away by security by then, but that was not before the Argentine said that he did find similarities between the city of joy and his home country.“It is the passion for football that I find similar. I see that passion in young kids here,” he said during the “Tahader Kotha” chat show at Kolkata’s Milan Mela Ground.Amidst the wild cheers of ‘Dibu’ ‘Dibu’ from the crowd, Martin...