today's topic is how Emiliano Martinez saved Leonel Messi's goat Legacy what if I told you that lonel Messi a man that many considered to be the greatest player in the history of the sport owes the majority of his legacy in an Argentina shirt to an unheralded goalkeeper that didn't make his International debut until he was 29 years old that goalkeeper of course is ailano Martinez who has had one of the strangest careers in recent memory for a player with his resume and trophy cabinet it may sound crazy to think that Messi owes his goat status in Argentina to a man no one had ever heard of before the 2021 Copa America but once you see the evidence you'll understand why it's a stone Cold Fact but first let's talk about Emmy Martinez's unorthodox journey to becoming Argentina's number one