Inter
Milan
was eliminated from the round of 16 of the
Champions League
after tying 2 to 2 on aggregate and losing on penalties 3 to 2. Despite the good game that El
Toro
played , the world champion had to
miss the last penalty
.
The one who came to the crossroads was the glory of Italian football:
Alessandro Costacurta
.
The former Milan spoke with
Sky Sports
and said: "In Europe we need a different mentality.
I expected something more from him
, he didn't do well in the World Cup either."
However, the defender went all out and redoubled his criticism of the former Racing player saying: "It makes me think that
in certain stages he fails to stand out
, but he has the quality to do so."
The penalty taken by the Bahiense went
over the crossbar
because at the moment in which he was going to take the ball it went up and complicated the execution.
What
Costacurta
will not have seen in the game was the excellent filtered pass that El
Toro
gave to end the series.
In the 76th minute there was a counterattack for the
Nerazzurri
led by the world champion, when three
Atleti
players went to score on Inter's 10, Lautaro made a filtered pass
to leave Thuram one-on-one
, but the Frenchman threw it over the top of the crossbar.
Then in the penalties the Argentine missed the fifth penalty, but before him they had missed:
Alexis Sánchez
and
Klaasen
, those who converted from the 12 steps were:
Calhanoglu
and
Acerbi
.
While in
Colchonero
Ñiguez
made a mistake
.
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Despite the criticism from
Costacurta
, Martínez has
128 goals
for the Milan team, he currently occupies seventh place among Inter's top scorers, he is five goals away from rising to sixth place and overtaking
Guiseppe Meaza
, who has 284 goals. , must score 156 points.
When it comes to missed penalties,
Costacurta
is an expert.
The Italian is remembered in Argentina for the very poorly kicked penalty in the definition of the
2003 Intercontinental between Boca
and
Milan
.
The defender missed his team's third penalty and if
Raúl Cascini
converted his, Boca was champion.
Cascini converted and Boca returned to Argentina with the Intercontinental.
The defender made his debut at
Monza
in 1986 and moved to Milan in 1987. He played for the
Rossoneri
until his retirement in 2007. With
Il Diavolo
he won five Champions Leagues, two when it was called
the European Cup
, the last one he won was the 2006-2007 edition. .
He played in two
World Cups
, the
1994 World Cup in the United States
, in which Italy came second after losing the Final to Brazil on penalties.
The 1998 French Cup was also played by the Milan defender, but his team lost in the quarterfinals to
France
.
Alessandro Costacurta spoke about Lautaro Martínez's missed penalty
Despite the criticism of the Italian glory,
Lautaro Martínez
will have a difficult game ahead of him, he will face
Napoli
on Sunday on the
29th
, seeking to stretch the difference to
16 points
over his closest pursuer,
Milan
.