{"id":1271912,"date":"2022-12-31T02:59:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T02:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/31\/kylian-mbappe-shrugs-off-emiliano-martinezs-futile-taunts\/"},"modified":"2022-12-31T02:59:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T02:59:35","slug":"kylian-mbappe-shrugs-off-emiliano-martinezs-futile-taunts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/31\/kylian-mbappe-shrugs-off-emiliano-martinezs-futile-taunts\/","title":{"rendered":"Kylian Mbappe shrugs off Emiliano Martinez&#8217;s &#8216;futile&#8217; taunts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"365\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/download-9-696x365.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"download\"\/><\/div>\n<p>France striker Kylian Mbappe has said he won\u2019t \u201cwaste energy on such futile things when asked about Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez\u2019s taunts after the World Cup final.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez called for a minute\u2019s silence for Mbappe during his team\u2019s dressing-room celebrations in Qatar and posed with a doll depicting the player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCelebrations are not my problem,\u201d\u00a0Mbappe told RMC Sport.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t waste energy on such futile things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martinez, who also made a rude gesture with the trophy for the tournament\u2019s best goalkeeper in the wake of Argentina\u2019s shoot-out win on 18 December, is\u00a0reportedly due back to training with Aston Villa on Thursday\u00a0where manager\u00a0Unai Emery has said he will speak to him about his celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>Mbappe, who scored a hat-trick in the final, emphasised that the result would not cause any issues between him and Paris St Germain team-mate Lionel Messi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spoke with him after the match, I congratulated him,\u201d Mbappe continued.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/_128147205_pa_martinez.jpg\" alt=\"Emiliano Martinez\"\/><figcaption><em><strong>Martinez\u2019s celebrations have drawn criticism<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt was the quest of a lifetime for him, for me too, but I failed, so you always have to be a good sportsman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martinez\u2019s antics, which also included various attempts to unsettle Les Bleus\u2019 penalty-takers during the shoot-out, have caused consternation in France.<\/p>\n<p>Former France defender Adil Rami called Martinez \u201cthe most hated man\u201d, while French congressman Karl Olive said Fifa should\u00a0rescind his best goalkeeper award.<\/p>\n<p>Mbappe scored a late winner against Strasbourg on Wednesday evening as PSG moved eight points clear at the top of Ligue 1.<\/p>\n<p>The striker, 24, won the World Cup\u2019s Golden Boot with eight goals and is currently top of the French top-flight scoring charts with 13 goals.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"XCiOAC0BcAs\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2022: Ghanaians talk about happenings in Sports, urges stakeholders to do more next year (30-12-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XCiOAC0BcAs?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France striker Kylian Mbappe has said he won\u2019t \u201cwaste energy on such futile things when asked about Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez\u2019s taunts after the World Cup final. 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