Historical Analogue
The player
Chelsea · GK
environmental dominance · 1v1 presence · penalty specialist
Open profile: Emiliano MartinezMartínez's reputation as a penalty specialist connects with Lehmann's Arsenal phase in 2003–06. Lehmann saved Scholes's kick in the 2005 FA Cup final shootout and Riquelme's 89th-minute penalty in the 2006 Champions League semi-final. The link is decisive penalty work, not a ranking of the two.
Martínez's penalty reputation was built largely in shootouts, helped by psychological tactics before kicks, whereas Lehmann's phase is also defined by a record run of 853 Champions League minutes without conceding.
A style reference for this phase, not a prediction of Emiliano Martinez’s ceiling.