These are the goal cards of the Argentine national team. And although the center of the attack has a starter, another striker appears behind him who can be a guarantee in case of need for a replacement. These are Lautaro Martínez and Julián Alvarez. The Bull and the Spider, could be the title of this story and it has little to do with a fable. These are two realities that left their mark on the net this Wednesday. How to get to Qatar on a warm foot.
Martínez, 25, scored the third goal in Inter’s overwhelming 6-1 victory over Bologna, corresponding to the 7th round of Serie A. He anticipated a closed corner by the Turkish Hakan Çalhanoğlu at the near post and won the resistance of the Pole Lukasz Skorupski.
Alvarez (22) scored second for Manchester City, who defeated Chelsea 2-0 for the English League Cup. Received by Jack Grealish on the side, thrown to the left, he inserts a change of attack for Riyad Mahrez and when Édouard Mendy bounces on the Algerian shot, the Cordovan was ready to push the ball with the goal in his mercy.
There has been a lot of talk about the Bahian this week. The Italian media replicated a photo of the Inter striker in a bowling alley, where he celebrated the birthday of his wife Agustina Gandolfo. There were even rumors of a possible fine. The truth is that Lautaro responded on the pitch with his strength. And it was just one goal behind Nigerian Victor Osimhen, Napoli’s top scorer.
42 minutes had passed since the start of the first half. Some time ago, when the game was 1 to 1, crossed paths with Gary Medel. There was an unfinished business with the Chilean from the 2019 Copa América, when Lionel Messi was sent off, there were pushes and referee Andrea Colombo ended up cautioning the two players. “Cagón”, shouted Martínez to the trans-Andean defender, who invited him to fight on the way out.
Alvarez, for his part, is in a state of grace. The Golden Boy comes from three phenomenal shows. In one week he scored three goals. One for the Champions League, against Sevilla, a game in which he also had two assists; another against Fulham, for the Premier League, and the last one yesterday, in the duel for the so-called Carabao Cup.
Despite Erling Haaland is the undisputed ownerthe ligament injury in his left ankle suffered on 25 October against forced Borussia Dortmund Pep Guardiola to reduce loads. And in the boy who emerged from River he found solutions. without being that Tank devastating that it is the Norwegian, he showed his best facet. This is why the Catalan coach has asked for him and trusts him more and more.
Martínez and Alvarez say goodbye this weekend of the season, which will go on hiatus for the World Cup where they dream of shining. The Bull will play against Atalanta on Sunday at 8.30 as a guest; Spider He will be local against Brentford, although it is not clear whether he will continue to be a starter or if the Scandinavian will return forward.
The rest of the selected
There were six other active footballers this Wednesday. Rodrigo De Paul He was a regular in the Atlético de Madrid defeat against Mallorca. Warned, with a game without influence, he was replaced in the 23rd minute of the second half by Koke.
Although more curious was the departure of Nahuel Molina. The right-back was replaced by his compatriot Angel strap to … the 30 of the first time! It was a tactical decision Diego Simeone which seemed like a punishment for his bad closing against Vadet Muriqi, author of the goal of the island team.
The fourth player to have action was Exequiel Palacios, who started the match against Cologne. His team, Bayer Leverkusen, won 2-1 in the classic corresponding to the 14th round of the Bundesliga. Tucuman played 58 minutes and was replaced in the complement by Nadiem Amiri. Giovani Lo Celso’s injury opened the doors to the World Cup for him.
Geronimo Rulli saved in Villarreal’s 1-0 win against Espanol. Juan Foyth entered with 9 minutes remaining.
Gonzalo Montiel (out of production), Marco Acuna Y Alexander Papu Gomez They were not present in the match in Seville, which fell 2-1 in favor of Real Sociedad. Giovanni Musso He was a substitute in Atalanta’s 2-1 defeat to Lecce.
And Paolo Dybala? Roma play, drawing 1-1 with Sassuolo, but La Joya is not even on the bench. Cordovan is still out with a left thigh injury. It is assumed that he can return for the last match in the capital before the interruption of the World Cup, Sunday against Turin. But Mourinho did not want to anticipate anything about it.
“I don’t know,” said the Portuguese strategist. “I know he is in contact with the Argentine federation (sic) and with (coach Lionel) Scaloni. We would like to have him against Torino, but the players who will go to the World Cup will be more concentrated there than here, on the last match date” .
Source: Clarin
