“I didn’t go to the World Cup that I wanted to”, Lautaro Martínez confessed on his return to Inter as champion

Lautaro Martinez Back to Italy to rejoin Inter. The striker who was World Champion in Qatar 2022 gave an interview to the official channel of the black and blue team and answered all the doubts about his performance at the World Cup, where he had less participation than expected, because he finished as the undisputed starter and one of the goalscorers of Lionel Scaloni’s cycle, but ended up relegated due to the great performance of Giuliano Alvarez.

The “Toro” started as an appetizer in the Argentina national team on the lands of Qatar. In matches against Saudi Arabia Y Mexico He started off, but already at the end of the group against Poland he sat on the bench and was replaced by Giuliano Alvarez. The Manchester City player came on, earned his place and was instrumental in winning the most coveted trophy.

“I didn’t do the World Cup I wanted. A partner came in and did better than me. I’m happy for him and from the outside I’ve always tried to do my best to make him improve a bit in training.”expressed the former Racing.

On the other hand, he revealed that there is more to the great level of Álvarez, who ousted him from ownership, before the start of the World Cup event he was not in the best physical shape and had to make sacrifices to be able to arrive at pace. “Before the World Cup I played with an ankle injected with painkillers and I didn’t get to Qatar as I would have liked”revealed.

The importance of the striker in Lionel Scaloni’s cycle is undeniable. In 46 games he scored 21 goals, was a starter in the Copa América won in 2021 and a fundamental piece in the World Cup qualifiers. For this reason, despite not having found the best version of him at the World Cup, he is the present and the future of the Albiceleste team.

“We are very happy, they are unique and beautiful sensations. We managed to bring home the goal we had since the beginning of the Scaloni cycle. We are happy because we also managed to win the Copa América after so many years and Argentina is now in the position it deserves.”were his words.

Back in Italy, he will once again be under the orders of Simone Inzaghi and will try to see the action as quickly as possible. Inter are in fifth place in Serie A with 30 units, 11 points behind leaders Napoli, their rival next Wednesday, in the second leg of the championship.

The man from Bahia is the player who has scored the most goals for his team with 7 goals and is two goals behind Victor Osimhen, the competition’s top scorer.