Esteghlal Win with an Emiliano Martinez-Style Save! (Photo)

Esteghlal's official page compared Habib Farabbasi's spectacular stop of Alaeddin Hassan with Emiliano Martinez's historic save in the World Cup final.

According to "Varzesh Se", in last night's match against Al-Gharafa, Habib Farabbasi did not allow the host to score a draw by recording several important reactions. His most spectacular save happened in the 84th minute when Aladdin Hassan had a one-on-one situation at a short distance from the goal.

Al-Gharafa's attacker had a chance to open the goal after a mistake by Esteghlal's defense line, but Farabbasi blocked the path of the ball by leaving quickly, opening his hands and using his right foot. The reaction of Esteghlal's goalkeeper maintained the superiority of the Blues and made one of the most important moments of the match.

Esteghlal's official account on the X social network published the image of this reaction next to the famous save by Emiliano Martinez against Randal Kolo Movani in the last minutes of extra time of the 2022 World Cup final and wrote above it: "Close Enough", which can be translated as "similar enough".

In that historic scene, Martinez opened up his body and used his left foot to block Kolo Mwani's shot and keep Argentina in the match. The match between Argentina and France went to penalty kicks and Debo became the foundation for the championship of his country's national team with his brilliance.

The similarity of the body posture of the two goalkeepers and the importance of both reactions have become the basis of this interesting comparison. Far Abbasi, who has performed well in Esteghlal's goal this season, had a good night with this spectacular save.