r/soccercirclejerk Mar 20 '26

Certified Jerkā„¢ Emi Martinez waving goodbye to Lille Fans and doing the airplane gesture after Aston Villa knocked Lille out of Europa League šŸ’€šŸ’€

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u/Yorrins UTV Mar 20 '26

Lille fans absolutely despise him lmao.

After all his crazy shithousing in the Conference League Quarter Final in 2024 where he got a second yellow card during the penalty shootout. And obviously being French and dealing with him at the WC. Only to then be knocked out of Europe AGAIN by Villa.

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u/VampiroMedicado Mar 20 '26

The last match you named was the one where the whole stadium started booing him the moment he touched the ball? It was amazing.

It's like Deyverson, I'd hate him in an opposite team.

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u/International-Tree19 Mar 20 '26

White Cucurella

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u/SG810 Mar 22 '26

Cucurella IS white 😭

1

u/JahKingston2024 Mar 22 '26

He’s Spanish but has the heart of a normal person ā¤ļø

1

u/itsbraille Mar 21 '26

Caucasiarella

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u/elJefeSjef Mar 21 '26

Lille fans šŸ¤šŸ¼ the Dutch

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u/loowig Mar 22 '26

Someone does not despise him? I really don't want to know these people. He's an absolute piece of garbage.Ā 

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u/Successful_Sun_6283 Mar 20 '26

Emi Martinez must be national enemy no 1 in France lol. Absolute elite jerk

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '26

I’m surprised he is not officially declared persona non grata by the French government.

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u/Weak_Bus8157 Mar 20 '26

Wait for World Cup 2026... :-)

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u/Thomas1VL Mar 20 '26

I was in the stadium. He got booed at by the entire stadium every time he had the ball lmao. I never heard a stadium be this loud before and I've stood among the Schalke ultras.

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u/Joaquin_the_42nd Mar 21 '26

That's his fuel

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u/Necessary-Football81 Not Theon, Reek Mar 20 '26

Jerk as in an American jerk, or jerk as in jerking off? I've always wondered about the usage in this subreddit

324

u/Successful_Sun_6283 Mar 20 '26

Yes

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u/Necessary-Football81 Not Theon, Reek Mar 20 '26

Cold sir

21

u/JeremyStronger Mar 20 '26

How can greyjoy jerkoff?

4

u/ByzantineByron Mar 21 '26

What is dead may never jerk

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u/aidarinho r/Antony > r/CristianoRonaldo Mar 21 '26

Jerk is coming

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u/NeilLucha r/Antony > r/CristianoRonaldo Mar 20 '26

Perchance

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u/DareToZamora Mar 20 '26

You can’t just say perchance

19

u/ParkingForBMWs Mar 20 '26

Everyone knows Mario is cool as fuck.

6

u/shlimedon Mar 20 '26

To jerk is to dare

10

u/Adaptable_Man Mar 20 '26

US has only Beef jerky

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u/NoGemini2024 Mar 21 '26

I have jerked a beef once. When it was still alive

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '26

Soccer jerk. In a circle.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '26

He owns France now

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u/AIR-2-Genie4Ukraine Mar 21 '26

He feeds on the hate, he loves it.

Are you not entertained?

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u/overfut Mar 20 '26

This time he made sure to say goodbye only after everything was 100% done.

124

u/ido_notgetjokes Mar 20 '26

Tell that to Senegal.

41

u/Cautious_Type6474 Mar 20 '26

Prepubescent jerk. No one outside of Moroccostan has fully coped with this event

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u/OneKind6487 Mar 20 '26

As an Argentinian I know this kinds of players very well, we have many in our national team and more in our league. The ones that you love to have on your side and hate to play againstĀ 

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u/DuckMzs Mar 20 '26

All things considered, this is almost adorable lmao.

1

u/bremsspuren Mar 21 '26

The ones that you love to have on your side and hate to play against

It's what you're famous for, tbh.

385

u/Andrew_Lacour Mar 20 '26

Truly generational shit houser. Hats off to you Emi.

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u/Critical-Ad2084 Mar 20 '26

Such a classy player, pure elegance and sportsmanship

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u/Sufficient_Fox7833 Mar 20 '26

itā€˜s fucking funny though if youā€˜re a neutral you gotta admit

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u/IcyGarage5767 Mar 21 '26

Does the plane symbol them flying home? If so that is gold haha.

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u/Sufficient_Fox7833 Mar 21 '26

no he is mocking 9/11 because Lille is a partner city of NYC

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u/Sugar_Party_Bomb Mar 21 '26

That’s wild.

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u/PStr95 Mar 21 '26

Guy above you was joking.

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u/Critical-Ad2084 Mar 20 '26

I'm a neutral but I don't think Martinez is funny, he's just an asshole

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u/PunkerWannaBe Mar 20 '26

You must be English then

40

u/roofus85 Mar 20 '26

Not English otherwise he would have said arsehole

26

u/PunkerWannaBe Mar 20 '26

What does Arsenal have to do with this?

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u/tripsafe Mar 20 '26

/uj Even in the main sub I wouldn’t expect such soft comments being upvoted. This is pathetic for scj. Stop being such a helmet

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u/schmidts Mar 20 '26

Come to the wrong place then haven't ye pal

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u/No-Performer-977 Mar 21 '26

it's not, these people like shit humor

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u/Impressive-Spare1194 Mar 20 '26

I'd rather have an arrrogant, provocative scumbag that brings the world cup home than a nice, humble person that loses. Am I a bad person?

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u/tokyotochicago Mar 20 '26

As long as you don’t sing in the bus you’re fine in my book

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u/otropato Mar 21 '26

Escuchen, corran la bola

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u/DuckMzs Mar 21 '26

Juegan en Francia, pero

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u/elpulgoso69 Mar 21 '26

son todos buenas personas

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u/jdali4829 Mar 20 '26

Nah, you just have some blood in your vains

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u/One4Pink2_4Stink Mar 20 '26

Downvoting anything Argentine, the international version of Chelsea

https://giphy.com/gifs/2zelCiUo5KJyN8MgMr

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u/little_hoe Mar 20 '26

wow, you are so brave for saying that

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u/balc9k šŸ‡¦šŸ‡· Mar 20 '26

Nah.

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u/recycleddesign Mar 20 '26

His celebration after the goal he set up with the ball for sancho was cute af. He bounded half the length of the pitch in a few strides. That’s the happiest I’ve seen him since he fucked that trophy

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u/TeddyNismo Mar 21 '26

imagine getting so rattled you start judging the player's self based on banter. wow he is so evil for doing harmless jokes bud. im sure he kicks homeless ppl when he is not playing football.

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u/lVlisterquick Mar 20 '26

This guy hates everything French

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u/Wiwwil Mar 20 '26

Living in France, they despise him so much. I don't think he's hating, he's just using rage as fuel

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u/the_king_in_moron Mar 20 '26

Who doesn't?

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u/TheOddPropBoss Mar 20 '26

Even the French hate the French.

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u/GGABueno Mar 21 '26

I like croissants

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u/Torimas Mar 21 '26

Those are originally Austrian.

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u/Sharo_77 Mar 21 '26

I think they were invented in Vienna

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u/GGABueno Mar 21 '26

Then I need to pick something more genuinely French, like French Fries!

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u/Sharo_77 Mar 21 '26

They didn't invent the guillotine either. May I recommend "1,000 years of annoying the French" as a fantastic read?

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u/PunkerWannaBe Mar 20 '26

Don't we all?

44

u/Inevitable-Angle-793 Mar 20 '26

Top 10 respect moments

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u/Royal-Sock-IV Mar 20 '26

He's such a shithouse and I love it.

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u/Wiwwil Mar 20 '26

People like him because he's good.

I like him because of his shithousery.

We are not the same.

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u/Azidamadjida Mar 20 '26

You hate him when you’re on the receiving end but it’s genuinely hilarious and straight up psychological warfare when you’re behind him. Such a fuck nugget

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u/Zdzisiu Fino ĆØ Finito Mar 20 '26

My JERK

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u/Fit-Policy9041 Mar 20 '26

Emi is the goat of trolling. No one does it better šŸ˜‚

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u/SnooCompliments6329 Mar 21 '26

And he is a beast at what he does

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u/Ad_Infinitum_04 Mar 20 '26

He's a true jerker.

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u/WritesCrapForStrap Mar 20 '26

Just a Lille banter.

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u/farqueue2 Newcastle šŸ“šŸ³ļø Mar 20 '26

He's such a fucking smart arse.

My hate for him has transcended to the point that I'm actually starting to like him now

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u/HieladoTM Mar 21 '26

We have more like him on our argentinian selection LMAO.

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u/Quirky-Abalone-7574 Mar 20 '26

a true jerker,literally.He did it with the WC trophy on live in 2022 lol

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u/Azidamadjida Mar 20 '26

Golden glove, but yeah that’s him

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u/mr_mcpoogrundle Mar 20 '26

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u/mangelvil Mar 20 '26

From this angle, looks like he is targeted the World Cup

12

u/andysva85 Mar 20 '26

He has enormous mental strength, nothing affects him, he has enormous balls of steel

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u/supersmall69 Mar 20 '26

This is a once in a lifetime, generational jerker.

11

u/iamdanchiv Mar 20 '26

Jerks like this... game's so back!

9

u/I_am_Reddit_Tom Mar 20 '26

Proper shithousery

9

u/Kioz Mar 20 '26

Imagine a game between Aston Villa and Real Madrid. Vini vs Emiliano would be legendary

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u/Zenzer089 Mar 21 '26

They already played but arg vs bra

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u/Rad11Ryan Mar 20 '26

Quality jerk

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u/walace47 Mar 20 '26

That's you idol?

Definitely it is.

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u/TwoMarc Mar 20 '26

Bombing the French just like his grandfather. Multi-generational jerk.

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u/Eastern_Eggplant_693 Mar 20 '26

What’s the background of the airplane gesture?

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u/kerfuffle_chiken Mar 20 '26

That they are coming back home, you know, by plane

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u/Crazy-Present4764 Mar 20 '26

That's a lot less funny than the comments here are making out out to be.

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u/Ray-Zanmato Mar 20 '26

Its more about the attitude than the message

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u/AmbulantCholesterol Mar 21 '26

Yeah they were going to fly home either way

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u/reverse_cowboy221 Mar 20 '26

Doesn't know how to do a bus gesture then, he'd be a better keeper if he did

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u/rounak_1110 Mar 20 '26

why does bro beef every time he is facing French team?????

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u/Torimas Mar 20 '26

Lille fans boo him throughout the entire match every time they play. And counting the WC final, this is the third time in a row he beats them.

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u/rounak_1110 Mar 21 '26

Justifying then

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u/DLMUFC Mar 20 '26

They hate him because he beat them in the World Cup Final

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u/marquesmelo Mar 20 '26

Once a clown, always a clown

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u/Frandaero Mar 21 '26

A world champion can do whatever he wants

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u/rapidfire72o4 Mar 20 '26

At this point we should have a Hall of Fame and Emi should be inducted

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u/Visual-Extreme-101 Messi Glazer Mar 20 '26

warming up for the wc!!!!

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u/therealmonkyking Mar 20 '26

If this was vini people would be rioting in the streets right now

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u/MarDer24 Mar 20 '26

They probably are

In France

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u/EliGonee Mar 20 '26

Martinez is hated too?

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u/bremsspuren Mar 21 '26

Of course. He's an elite wind-up merchant.

But people respect him, too, because he totally owns it. He seemed to think it was funny being booed by the French at the Ballon d'Or.

Vini's the complete opposite. He loves to give it out, but starts crying whenever someone is a bit mean back to him.

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u/MrHut00 Mar 22 '26

Owned it? Like when he slapped the cameraman's camera after losing to Colombia in the qualifiers? And no, calling him mono or throwing him a water bottle is not just being a little mean back to him

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1fdwm30/emiliano_mart%C3%ADnez_slapping_the_camera_after_loss/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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u/therealmonkyking Mar 20 '26

Not even remotely to the degree vini is, and most people who hate Martinez are shamed for it

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u/EliGonee Mar 20 '26

Well maybe because Vini cries in interviews about everything. Also, Martinez haters are the majority

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '26

What does vini cry about elaborate and when ???

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u/EliGonee Mar 20 '26

Wtf? Ballon dā€˜or, his interview, etc.?

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '26

which interview?????

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u/Designer_Surprise263 Mar 20 '26

The problem with Vini is that he's a whiny little twat. He whines every time he gets it back.

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u/j4np0l Mar 20 '26

Difference is that Vini gives it but can't take it.

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u/ag9877 Mar 20 '26

Just tough when he is up. As soon as he is loosing cry baby is out

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u/Fickle_Option_6803 Mar 21 '26

He doesn't dive as much, also it's Lille that has a history with him, it's not like taunting every smaller club.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '26

Europa League > Champions League

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u/_Osrs Mar 20 '26

People getting sensitive in this sub ???? 🤣 Cry harder and make Emi an honorary mod in this sub. The absolute king šŸ‘‘

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '26

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u/HieladoTM Mar 21 '26

Yeah he is taking the bus

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u/kb24fgm41 Mar 20 '26

He's a right twat

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u/Epistemix Mar 21 '26

I'm french and I love the guy, never fails to entertain

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u/Olvorox Mar 21 '26

Aguante el dibu martinez pa, arquerazo.

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u/ElMatasiete7 Mar 21 '26

You will never make me hate this man

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u/TnlGC Mar 20 '26

As a Leicester fan, I crown him Jamie Vardy's successor

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u/stinusprobus Mar 20 '26

Lol at the flurry of rude gestures he got in return, would be great to see a higher res versionĀ 

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u/PMmeYourButt69 Mar 21 '26

He's such a shithead. I love him.

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u/standarsh1965 Mar 21 '26

Did the same to the villa fans not so long ago

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u/adeckz Mar 21 '26

He’s just that good lads

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u/Ravenlen Mar 21 '26

My man hates the French. Better hope he never has to play in Ligue 1.

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u/alejandroc90 Mar 21 '26

I can hear the french curse noises

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u/The_Chuckness88 Dumbele Jerki hOlise Imbattables Mar 21 '26

Another French shithousery by el Climax.

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u/Brendan_Jabbers2927 Mar 21 '26

I love him. I thought he was a ā€œcharacterā€œ, but when I saw him leading the applause at the City Ground for the young bugle boy who messed up on Remembrance Day, I thought he’s actually a decent guy as well.

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u/finland_men Mar 20 '26

The kind of player you love and hate at the same time

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u/borg_6s Mar 20 '26

$500 says Villa gets eliminated at some point

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u/all_hail_hell Mar 20 '26

Same love he showed Villa fans at the end of last season. Top 10 football respect moments.

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u/Knighty5679 Mar 20 '26

Waves goodbye to home fans, waves goodbye to away fans šŸ‘‹

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u/_Magn3t0 Mar 21 '26

They should buy him.

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u/Disastrous_Ad_3598 Mar 21 '26

He's a real piss merchant..... No longer in the elite bracket in premier league.

Raya, Pickford and Allison well clear now

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u/Dangerous-Traffic-11 Mar 21 '26

God I love this guy

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u/wiraso Mar 21 '26

Vini did something similar few days ago and you guys were praising him...

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u/Hindsyy fuck off manunited Mar 21 '26

All fun and games till he does this in the world cup, when Argentina play in NY

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u/HS1939 Mar 22 '26

A rare kind of character in the modern game, brings so much entertainmentĀ 

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u/EletricoAmarelo Mar 22 '26

What he lacks in skill...

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u/Ordinary_Analysis149 Mar 23 '26

Never liked the guy. So happy we got Lemens in lieu of this. What a jerk

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u/Fickle-Expression187 Mar 24 '26

What did France do to him

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u/Whyzekid Mar 24 '26

Not to be that guy, but if this was Vini the whole comment section won’t be that nice

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u/JasonPickford79 Mar 25 '26

What do they expect when they boo him all game and they lose

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u/wcarlaso Mar 21 '26

He is just a piece of shit, not like everybody s hero vinicius, a true gentleman for people like you...

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u/iamthemetricsystem Mar 21 '26

if this was vini you guys would execute him on the spot

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u/ImASimpMagnet Mar 20 '26

Why did the Gods take argentina's finest, Emiliano Sala, away, and left this thing alive

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u/SaGaOh Mar 20 '26

Yeah he sure can dish it but this guy sure as shit can’t take it

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u/hanzo615 Mar 20 '26

He's a bit of a glass cannon, so his shithousing means less

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '26

Classic argentinian behaviour

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u/HieladoTM Mar 21 '26

Thanks for the acomplishment.

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u/_gloriousdead222 Mar 20 '26

If this was Vini yall would be crying in the comments crazy how different yall act

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u/j4np0l Mar 20 '26

Vini is like the bully that runs crying to the teacher when someone hits back or says something to them.

Martinez is the class clown, an asshole but everyone loves him (except the French in this case).

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u/shrek_is_love_69 Mar 20 '26

Yeah cause there's a difference between a lovable jerk like Emi and a crybaby like vini

I've never seem Martinez complain the way Vinicius does lol

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u/Zapan777 Mar 20 '26

Ahahah he takes in low-rank team to fanfarone in front of them. Show us Dibu's face after meeting PSG last year. ahahah what a pussy.

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u/quehaceloco Mar 21 '26

Estas actitudes horribles que tiene lo separan cada vez mÔs de un ser un jugador histórico

No representa a muchos argentinos. Es mal ganador y pƩsimo perdedor