Lautaro Martínez did not score goals in the Qatar 2022 World Cup, beyond that rejection that served for the Argentine National Team to advance to the semifinals after the infartante duel against the Netherlands. However, after being champion in Lusail, El Toro showed his best version and was the great star of Inter that reached the final of the Champions League. And the good run was not cut after the summer break in Europe. It is that the former Racing does not stop paying him with goals from the Neroazzurro and this Friday he was dispatched with a poker in the win against Pergolettese of the Third Division of Italy.
Lautaro had enough to play the last 45 minutes of the friendly to convert four goals in the bulky 10-0 victory that the team coached by Simone Inzaghi got in his second preseason friendly.
Nine minutes after entering, Lautaro Martínez had his first chance of goal and did not fail to put his stamp on the 5-0 partial -and the first in his personal account-.
With 15 minutes left to close the match, the Bull pressed the accelerated and was dispatched with another three goals – two were penalties – to finish building their poker.
The departure of the main referents of the Neroazzurro - the Slovenian goalkeeper Samir Handanovic, the Croatian Marcelo Brozovic and the Belgian Romelu Lukaku - left Martínez as absolute captain of Inter. His first match in that condition was in the first friendly of the season: 3-0 to Lugano.
Lautaro Martinez elected as first captain at Inter. Photo: social networks
However, Lautaro was not the only Argentine to overwhelm the Crema-basedteam and was accompanied by Joaquin Correa, who opened the scoring 20 minutes into the game.
El Tucu was very active in the match and had several chances to increase his personal account. However, he did not hit again and was replaced at halftime. Inzaghi prioritized giving minutes to all his players.
Another good news for the Milan team was the debut of Colombian Juan Guillermo Cuadrado, after being made official as a new reinforcement after passing through Juventus in Turin. The Colombian with a long career played all the complement.
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