Lautaro Martínez Breaks Records as Inter Milan Dominates Salernitana

Lautaro Martínez recorded a golden page of his young career in Inter Milan’s 4-0 win over Salernitana on matchday 25 of Serie A because El Toro scored his team’s second goal 18 minutes into the opening half. A bit special because with that definition he reached 125 goals and surpassed Mauro Icardi (124) as the institution’s top Argentine scorer.

The former Racing striker received a long ball from the side, controlled it at the left corner of the area, turned to face the goal and began to swing towards the crescent until he found the best gap for his shot. His right hand embedded itself against the left pipe of Mexican Guillermo Ochoa, who stretched, but was unable to deflect that tight shot. Immediately, Lautaro went out to celebrate euphorically against the side of the pitch and hugged some of his teammates in a big hug.

The man from Bahia traveled a difficult path before surpassing Mauro Icardi in the indicated record because he left behind outstanding players of the stature of Julio Cruz (75), Diego Milito (75), Antonio Angelillo (77) and Attilio Demaría (86).

Lautaro Martínez has accumulated 23 goals in 31 games this season, leads Calcio’s scoring table with 20 goals in only 22 games and is the football leader of the Italian entity, which is at the top of the local championship with 63 points, with 10 away from their second team, Juventus, who still have to play this Saturday against Hellas Verona.

* The summary of Inter’s victory

The 26-year-old attacker arrived at the club in the middle of 2018 and has accumulated a total of 125 celebrations and 41 assists in 269 games with this jersey. His numbers show a persistent increase in his offensive power and he is one step away from matching his best performance on the net in Serie A, since the maximum numbers achieved were the 21 goals repeated in the 2021 seasons/ 22 and 2022/23. With 13 days left to play, everything indicates that this figure will be exceeded. In addition, he is one goal away from reaching 100 in the local tournament.

He did not reach this record in the current duel because the coach, Simone Inzaghi, took him off 14 minutes into the complement for the respective entry of Marko Arnautović. Martínez’s goal added to those scored by Marcus Thuram (1-0) and Denzel Dumfries (3-0) facilitated the coach’s rotation with his sights set on the match this Tuesday from 5 p.m. (Argentine time) at home against Atlético of Madrid for the first leg of the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League. The last finalist (lost to Manchester City) is a favorite in the tie against those led by Diego Cholo Simeone.

Inter’s comfortable victory at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium could have been greater because Arnautović’s goal was disallowed due to an obvious offside by the Austrian. However, the European took revenge in the end to make it 4-0 against the bottom of the league. They accumulate 13 points in 25 appearances, they only won 2 games, they are the most defeated team with 51 goals conceded and remain seven points behind Sassuolo, the last team to be saved from relegation (they play this Saturday against Atalanta).

2024-02-16 22:36:00
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