Lautaro Martinez shone like never before in the Italian league.
The Argentinian striker for Inter Milan vindicated his figure with a hat-trick of goals at the San Siro that sealed the Interistas’ 5-0 victory against Salernitanabottom, and completed by the Bosnian Edin Dzeko with a brace, on the twenty-eighth day of Series A.
Inter did not speculate, that they needed the victory in a key day in which they can lead the league again A league in case of a tie between Naples and Milan. And Lautaro appeared. The Argentine put together a great game just at the moment when he was asked to assume the team’s offensive responsibilities. ‘Hat-trick’ to silence criticism.
The men led by the Italian Simone Inzagui dominated from start to finish. Salernitana barely enjoyed two isolated chances to damage the goal defended by the Slovenian Samir Handanovic, but the red lantern of the Italian league was about to open the scoring in the 3rd minute if the Italian Simone Verdi had been successful when hitting a Frank shot almost in the small area.
It was Lautaro’s night. He already warned in minute 18 with a powerful shot that repelled the crossbar, but nothing could with the ‘Toro’. The ‘Nerazzurri’ striker took advantage of a great pass from the Italian Nicolo Barella and made the first of the night, in the 21st minute, adjusting the ball to the post.
The second came thanks to another great uncheck and another great pass from Barella that the Argentine converted with his left leg very close to the post, again.
Lautaro closed his great night, the undisputed protagonist, with a ‘nine’ goal. The international attacked the near post to get rid of his mark and finish off almost from the ground, with the instep inside the center above, in an unappealable hit for the Salernitana goalkeeper with which he signed his hat-trick and his fourteenth goal in league. He had the fourth in his boots, but, with the goalkeeper already defeated, he was unable to define and sent the ball high.
The festival of interista goals was completed by the Bosnian Edin Dzeko, Martínez’s usual offensive partner in recent days. In less than five minutes, Dzeko scored his double to put ‘the little hand’ on the scoreboarda result that could have fallen short due to the carousel of opportunities that the local team had.
With this result, Inter puts an end to five consecutive days without knowing the victory and sleeps as leader, at the expense of what happens in Naples-Milan; while Salernitana, a mere spectator of the match, will continue to occupy the last place in Serie A for another week, although they still have options to maintain the category by having two games less played.
See here the goals of the match:
