The president of UEFA, Aleksandr Ceferin, was completely against the celebration of Emiliano Martinez after the World Cup final, when he placed the trophy on his private parts. Despite 'Dibu' being a fundamental piece in the tournament, he gained several detractors for his actions during the awards ceremony when he mocked French striker Kylian Mbappé.
Afterward, the Slovenian sports executive described Emiliano's celebration with the trophy for best goalkeeper of the World Cup as "disgusting" and "primitive," according to statements collected in the book 'Messiánico' by Argentine Sebastián Fest and Frenchman Alexandre Juillard.
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"If you see how he reacted during the penalties... I can't understand that he mocks him, with the puppet and things like that. That's not sportsmanship, it was primitive, and I didn't like it," said Ceferin.
Furthermore, he commented that good people don't behave like this. "A disgusting thing. That's not done. You won the World Cup, show some greatness, show that you're not a primitive,"
Ceferin got in Messi's face
In his statements, the president of the European football entity criticized Lionel Messi, saying that as captain, he should have stopped his teammate's celebration. "Messi should have said something, told him to stop doing that, to show some respect. In the end, Messi plays the entire year with Mbappé."