Emi Martinez: 'I wasn't ready to go home'

Emi Martinez also spoke after Argentina's penalty-shootout win: "They made it very difficult for us. They played a great game, very physical. We knew they were going to be one of the toughest opponents in the cup.

"I wasn't ready to go home. This group deserved to go on.

"I work to do this. I dive 500 times per training session. We have to give our best because the people deserve it."

Emi Martinez, penalty shootout master

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Argentina have now won four straight penalty shootouts since Emi Martinez became their first-choice goalkeeper:

• 2021 Copa America semifinal vs Colombia
• 2022 World Cup quarterfinal vs Netherlands
• 2022 World Cup final vs France
• 2024 Copa America quarterfinal vs Ecuador

• Ecuador had a golden chance

  

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  Hard not to feel for Ecuador, who finished the game really strongly and had that golden chance deep in stoppage time, when Jordy

• Caicedo had to score with his header from six yards out. That moment will probably haunt them more than the penalty shootout.