Lautaro Martínez was one of the key players for Lionel Scaloni throughout the pre-World Cup process in Qatar 2022, but weeks before the start of the tournament he suffered discomfort in one of his ankles and could not be at 100% of his possibilities during this competition that saw as Argentina added the third star in its history. Now, months after the consecration, he assured that he is already recovered and that “he is experiencing one of the best moments since he has been at Inter”.
In a chat with the TyC Sports channel, the player who emerged from Racing talked about all the issues related to the World Cup and emphasized the disallowed goals against Saudi Arabia in the surprise fall of the Albiceleste team by saying: “I never saw the goals disallowed again. The first one makes me very angry because supposedly they had the wrong doll”. Showing his anger because they took away the possibility of shouting a goal in a tournament as important as the World Cup.
“LOOK IF WE TAKE THE CUP FOR ARGENTINA”
– Lautaro Martínez against Paul in the preview
Within this interview, he was asked about the issue of penalties against both the Netherlands and France in the final. The definition of the match against the Dutch was at his feet since he had to kick the fifth shot and about this he said: “It gave me a bit of relief, a bit of peace of mind, a bit more confidence.” In addition, he assured that he asked Scaloni to kick during this penalty shootout. While he claimed on penalties in the final he had the intention of kicking the fourth penalty but Gonzalo Montiel did not let him and he confessed that if he had had to kick the fifth penalty, he would have kicked it “hard to the middle, as my old man taught me”.
A special chapter of this conversation was about the coach Lionel Scaloni who was the one who gave him the opportunity to establish himself as the starting “9” of the Albiceleste and the striker responded by being the second highest scorer of the cycle behind Lionel Messi with goals very important as in the Finalissima against Italy at Wembley. When asked about Scaloni he replied: “Whenever I have the opportunity, I thank him. she always trusted me“This is a sign of trust between the coach and the Inter striker.
Now, he is living a fantastic present at Inter where he is the team’s top reference, figure and scorer. All this with the bonus track that he was confirmed as the main captain of the club for the next season, in an expensive sample of what he represents for the Neroazzurro team.
Lautaro Martínez could not play the Qatar 2022 World Cup that he expected but he can say that, despite his discomfort, he was a key piece of the team that remained in the great history of Argentine sports for all eternity.
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