During the World Cup final yesterday, fans all over the world were divided between rooting for France or Argentina.
After Argentina's win, however, they were split on the humor—or not—of Argentina's goalkeeper Emiliano "Emi" Martinez's acceptance of his Adidas Golden Glove trophy.
After receiving the award—a trophy in the shape of a golden goalie glove—Martinez proceeded to place the award on his crotch and begin thrusting as he walked away.
You can watch the moment below.
\u201cLadies and Gentlemen - I give you your #FIFAWorldCup Golden Glove Winner @emimartinezz1\n\n#WorldCup #WorldCupFinal #Argentina #Martinez #GoldenGlove #France #ArgentinavsFrance #arg #AVFC\u201d— F1 Mattes21 (@F1 Mattes21) 1671392194
Obviously such a grand gesture on such a grand stage made headlines and viewers weighed in.
\u201c@TrollFootball That look from the uefa president man is going to be fined \ud83d\ude02\u201d— sasuke (@sasuke) 1671388993
Many didn't think it was that big of a deal, some even saying it was funny.
Give him a break. I think he just did that out of excitement without thinking what he is doing. May be that’s a getups to all his nay sayers.
— John Mark (@johnmark21mi) December 18, 2022
Let the man celebrate! Bravo Argentina!!! 🇦🇷
— MochaJoe (@MochaJoe12) December 18, 2022
I laughed. Not vulgar to me.
— Damon Strong (@DamonStrong) December 18, 2022
\u201cDid you lot just see what Martinez done with his golden glove trophy \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\u201d— MJ (@MJ) 1671388285
Others, however, believed it was quite vulgar.
A foolish and rude player, this act is totally immoral, a sane person does not do the same. It is an insult to the host country. I hope the award will be taken away from him.
— ARSHMSHA آرشمشآ (@ARSHMSHA) December 19, 2022
Fantastic Games. Love Argentina and Messi. But this moment was definitely not one of the highlights!
— Wanda Dawe (@DaweWanda) December 18, 2022
Congrats to Argentina- but this was disgusting and disrespectful. He was so cringey to watch🤢🫣 #FIFAWorldCup #ArgentinaVsFrance
— Dalia El Khouli (@MsElkhouli) December 18, 2022
And some even thought maybe a little bit of both.
Not sure how to take it…sorta funny…kind of crude, but whatever
— patricjp (@patricjp2) December 18, 2022
I think we can give him a pass and chalk it up to humor done in poor taste.
— The Darmok of Tanagra (@tpedalty25) December 19, 2022
After he had his fun, Martinez dedicated his award and win to his family.
Congratulations to Argentina and to Martinez.
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