France-Argentina, final of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. We play the last minute of added time and the score is 2-2. On a harmless clearance from Ibrahima Konaté, the tricolor striker Randal Kolo Muani finds himself alone against the Argentinian goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez with the opportunity to offer the coronation to the Blues. The Frankfurt player fires a powerful volley that the Aston Villa goalkeeper stops like a handball player. A miracle.
“The end of my life”, recently confided “Dibu” Martinez in the Argentine press. The result is a preserved draw and a penalty shootout won by the Albiceleste, during which the former Arsenal player shines by stopping several French attempts. “I may have made more or less good saves, but this one will forever be etched in my memory.” The hero of an entire nation, not stingy with provocations against the Habs at the end of the match and in the days that followed, organized a contest on Instagram to win the official photo of his magic save, signed by him.
It’s hard to imagine Randal Kolo Muani participating in the competition. “I still watch this action, I know it by heart, confided the striker in an interview with beIN sports last February. I still have it in my throat, I will have it for life.
In March, “Dibu” had already sold the gloves worn during this World Cup final at auction, with the aim of donating the amount collected to a hospital.