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Manchester Evening News
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Liam Wood

The brilliant way Manchester United star Lisandro Martinez celebrated World Cup win at 6am

Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez continued with his World Cup celebrations by taking on Argentina teammate Cristian Romero at computer game FIFA 23 in the early hours.

Martinez, 24, will return to Old Trafford with a World Cup medal around his neck after the South Americans reigned supreme on the global stage with a pulsating victory over France on Sunday afternoon. It needed penalties to settle the scores between those two sides after what was a show-stopping 120 minutes.

Argentina captain Lionel Messi was the hero in regular time with two goals, but goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez took over with "mind games" and one telling stop in the shootout. He saved from Kingsley Coman and Real Madrid starlet Aurelien Tchouameni also missed the target for Les Bleus.

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