The empty stadium for that tie meant Martinez’ mind games were caught on pitch microphones,as the Aston Villa stopper backed up his trash talk with three penalty saves to send Argentina to the final.
“I’m eating you up,” he said to Colombia’s Yerry Mina before guessing the right way to save the second spot-kick of the shootout.
It was the culmination of a minute of pyschological warfare.
“You’re nervous,huh? You’re laughing,but you’re nervous,” he told Mina as he walked to the spot. “Yeah,yeah. You’re nervous. You’re nervous”.
Martinez tried to disrupt his opponent by appealing to the referee. “Hey! The ball is ahead[of the penalty spot],” he shouted. “Yeah,yeah. Turn a blind eye.”
But he saved his best for Mina at the top of his run-up.
“I already know you,” Martinez said. “Hey,look. See how I know where you’ll shoot. And then I’ll save it. I’m eating you up,brother. I’m eating you up,brother.”
Later in the,he was cautioned by the referee after calling another Colombian penalty-taker “a pussy.”
Redmayne’s trickery is well known now,and he will have to be careful to make sure he is behind the line when the penalty is taken to stay within the rules. VAR can review whether a keeper has strayed off their line when the ball is struck.
For all his movement before the kick is taken,Redmayne is set in position as the ball is struck. In the shootout against Peru,he got a hand to the third penalty,turning it onto the right post to negate Peru’s early advantage after Martin Boyle had missed the Socceroos’ first penalty.
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Before Peru’s crucial sixth penalty,Redmayne delayed the process as long as possible to add to the pressure and tension.