Lisandro Martinez’s girlfriend was busy sharing a selfie to her followers ahead of his disaster debut for Manchester United.
Muri Lopez Benitez, a 24-year-old showgirl who’s in a long-term relationship with Martinez, uploaded a sun-lit picture of herself on Instagram in anticipation of her beau’s Old Trafford bow.
While that would have pleased her 36.5k followers, what followed was grim viewing for United fans. They watched their side fall to a 2-1 home defeat to Brighton as their Premier League campaign got off to the worst start possible.
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Martinez was handed his debut by Erik ten Hag following his £55million summer arrival from Ajax. He partnered Harry Maguire in a defence which struggled to deal with the attacking threat from Graham Potter’s side.
The Argentina centre-back was also very lucky to not concede a penalty in the second half when the Red Devils were 2-0 down. He barged into the back of Danny Welbeck in the box, with Sky Sports commentator Jamie Carragher adamant it was a foul.
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Martinez’s girlfriend Muri Lopez Benitez uploaded a selfie ahead of his Old Trafford bow (Image: lopezbenitezmuri/Instagram)
Referee Paul Tierney waved away Brighton’s claims, though, to spare Martinez’s blushes. At least he had the comfort of being able to return home to partner Muri after the match.
They spent the summer together holidaying first in Dubai and then Ibiza before pre-season got underway, with Manchester their next destination.
The Argentine pair are in a long-term relationship having met aged 14 (Image: lopezbenitezmuri/Instagram)
Having first met when they were 14, the pair are childhood sweethearts. She followed him to the Netherlands when he left his home country to join Ajax in 2019.
But their lives have once again been upheaved following his mega-money move to United with Martinez still settling in at his new club – both on and off the pitch.
