Days after being suspended Emi Martinez has Prince William celebrating in the Champions League
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Days after being suspended by FIFA, Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez produced heroics in front of the watching Prince William as Aston Villa sealed another famous win against Bayern Munich.
Days after being suspended by FIFA, Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez produced heroics in front of the watching Prince William as Aston Villa sealed another famous win against Bayern Munich.
The Prince of Wales was among the ecstatic crowd at Villa Park to watch his beloved soccer team win 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Substitute Jhon Duran struck a 79th-minute winner, but two brilliant late saves from Martinez held off a fightback from six-time European champion Bayern to leave William celebrating.
"This is the loudest Villa Park that I've heard since I joined the club. That's for sure. It was hurting my ears at some point," said Martinez, who was suspended last week by FIFA for two upcoming international matches because of unspecified incidents in Argentina's World Cup qualifiers against Chile and Colombia.
"I love playing here. I love the fans. This is a win for them."
Martinez denied Serge Gnabry in a one-on-one in stoppage time and then acrobatically kept out Harry Kane's header.
Villa's win came more than 42 years after beating Bayern 1-0 to lift the European Cup in 1982, the same year William was born.
