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Argentina national team members gang up on Adil Rami who insulted Dibu Martinez

The 36-year-old defender did not have kind words to say about Emiliano Martinez and his Argentine national team teammates were not having it.

Adil Rami
Ā© Getty ImagesAdil Rami

They are truly the Scaloneta, Lionel Scaloni’s troops are a united bunch and when you go after one, you go after all. It was the foundation Lionel Scaloni built upon to take Argentina to a 36-game undefeated run, winners of the Copa America, and eventually winners of the FIFA World Cup.

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Still every squad has their player that stands out and Aston Villa netminder Emiliano ā€˜El Dibu’ Martinez is that player with his showboating and trash talking in goal. That showboating has gotten a lot of former French national teamers upset the latest being former AC Milan defender Adil Rami.

Adil Rami stated that that Martinez was ā€œthe worst s$*& in world soccerā€ on an Instagram post, said post reached the Argentine national team and many of Martinez’s teammates came back hard on Adil Rami.

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Argentine national team players defend Emiliano Martinez

Ɓngel Di Maria, Leandro Paredes and GermĆ”n Pezzella responded to Rami, with Paredes stating, ā€œCome on Rami, without cryingā€. Di Maria wrote ā€œEl Dibu is the best goalkeeper in the world go cry somewhere elseā€ and Pezzella stated, ā€œjaja go over there Ramiā€, in the spirit of Lionel Messi’s post-match comments against the Netherlands.

Emiliano Martinez (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)

Emiliano Martinez (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)

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To say that fans in France have not been upset with their World Cup defeat is an understatement, a website has a petition with over 250,000 signatures to replay the match due to referee mistakes. Other French players have come out calling out Dibu Martinez’s antics.

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