Who is the coach of Argentina taking instead of the banned Martinez?

Sports Desk

From the beginning of his career, Emiliano Martinez has known his breed for Argentina. In the Premier League, this goalkeeper showed his ability by replacing Bernard Leno in Arsenal due to injury. From then on, he did not have to look back. Won four titles for the Albiceleste.

Last won the Copa America title. And winning the title meant a celebration of its own for Martinez. Indecent and controversial, the celebration has drawn criticism many times. But he did not care about them.

After the World Cup qualifying match at home with Chile, Argentina had the opportunity to celebrate with the Copa America trophy at home for the first time. It was there that Amy again celebrated this controversy. This resulted in a two-match ban from FIFA. Because of this, the 32-year-old goalkeeper will miss the qualifiers against Venezuela on October 10 and Bolivia on October 16.

Meanwhile, the question has arisen that Argentina will play instead of Emiliano. The match that Emi Martinez has missed in the last 3/4 years was very much for the Albiceleste. But in those matches, Geronimo Rulli was the hope for Lionel Scaloni, the coach of Argentina. In this year, he left Ajax in the Netherlands and joined French club Marseille. He also played in the Olympic team of Argentina.

Although Argentina did not do very well in that Olympic tournament, Rully's performance was remarkable. Most likely to see him in the national team instead of Amy Martinez. Two more goalkeepers will be in the qualifying squad. Atlético Madrid's Juan Musso and PSV Eindhoven's Walter Benitez are very much assured of those places.

Geronimo Rulli has been with Argentina's national team for a long time. Coach Lionel Scaloni has always kept him with the squad. But Rulli got the chance to play only 4 matches in the previous years. The last of which was in September 2022, in a friendly against Honduras.

Walter Benitez made his debut in 2024. Benitez was in the match against Costa Rica in March. And in 2021, Juan Muso last played in the match against Bolivia in La Paz.