but first let's talk about Emy Martinez's unorthodox journey to becoming Argentina's number one born in M del Plata Argentina Martinez began his youth career with independent's youth team before going on trial at Arsenal and signing with the London Club at just 17 years old over the next 8 years he was loaned out six times most notably to hfe and reading and didn't receive regular minutes at Arsenal until 2020 when he took over for the injured burned Leno and finished the season with a series of strong performances including a brilliant display against Chelsea in the FA Cup Final with Leno returning from injury that summer Martinez made the move to Aston Villa to become their number one and his strong play there earned him a call up and debut with Argentina ahead of the 2021 Copa America he's had a strangle hold on the job ever since and has no plans of letting go now that we've gotten that out of the way let's talk about Messi's International career with Argentina before that magical 2021 Copa America run