Inter, towards the Champions League final: Lautaro Martínez joins a shortlist of 48 Argentinians waiting for Julián

Lautaro Martinez, Joachim Correa AND Valentine Carboni joined the select group of Argentine footballers who reached the final of the Champions League. The man from Bahia, the man from Tucuman and the young man who traveled to Argentina to play the Sub 20 world (had minutes in the group stage) landed in the final match for the orejona thanks to the victory of Inter against Milan in the first of the semifinals of the most important tournament in Europe.

There are, for now, 48 Argentines who have reached this request. It says “for now” because this Wednesday they could join this club of chosen ones Giuliano Alvarezwho will he play for? Manchester City against real Madridfor the other semifinal, e Massimo Perronewho is also interested by the Under 20 national team and is part of the list in good faith created by Pep Guardiola.

A curiosity about this list is that it has grown, and a lot, in recent years. Up until 1997, the Biancoceleste had only nine appearances in the finals of the old Champions Cup and the renewed Champions League. In 1998, with the participation of Fernando Redondo at the coronation of real Madridthe first of the modern era, the faucet of Argentine attendance was unleashed in the finals. They were 39 in 25 years. Exceptional.

The most champions? Apparently, as they say, those who got up early, the goddess luck helped them. The more winners are Alfredo DiStefano AND Hector Rialwith five Olympic laps with that almost invincible Real Madrid of the late Fifties, in the first editions of the competition.

They are followed by a certain Lionel Messiwho collected four during his long stay in Barcelona and who does everything to reach the fifth, which will never happen again psg, but that he will look for the next seasons with his future team if he decides to continue his career in the Old Continent. Everything indicates, beyond the Arab voices, that it is. It’s his new (old) obsession after touching the sky with his hands with the Argentina national team at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

The Argentinian Champions League finalists

1. Alfredo Di Stefano (Real Madrid) 5 Cups
2. Hector Rial (Real Madrid) 5 Cups
3. Miguel Montuori (Fiorentina)
4. Ernesto Grillo (Milan)
5. Ernesto Cucchiaroni (Milan)
6. Rogelio Domínguez (Real Madrid) 3 cups
7. Ramon Heredia (Atletico Madrid)
8. Roque Olsen (Real Madrid) 2 glasses
9. Osvaldo Piazza (Saint Etienne)
10. Fernando Redondo (Real Madrid and Milan) 3 Cups
11. Maurizio Pellegrino (Valencia)
12. Cristian González (Valencia)
13. Claudio Lopez (Valencia)
14. Roberto Ayala (Valencia)
15. Pablo Aimar (Valencia)
16. Diego Placente (Bayer Leverkusen)
17. José Chamot (Milan) 1 Cup
18. Albano Bizarri (Real Madrid) 1 Cup
19. Santiago Solari (Real Madrid) 1 Cup
20. Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus)
21. Hugo Ibarra (Monaco)
22. Luca Bernardi (Munich)
23. Hernan Crespo (Milan)
24. Maximiliano López (Barcelona) 1 Cup
25. Javier Mascherano (Liverpool and Barcelona) 2 Cups
26. Carlos Tevez (Manchester United and Juventus) 1 Cup
27. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 4 Cups
28. Javier Zanetti (Inter) 1 Cup
29. Esteban Cambiasso (Inter) 1 Cup
30. Diego Milito (Inter) 1 Cup
31. Walter Samuel (Inter) 1 Cup
32. Martin Demichelis (Bayern Munich)
33. Jose Sosa (Atletico Madrid)
34. Ángel Di María (Real Madrid and Paris Saint Germain) 1 Cup
35. Roberto Pereira (Juventus)
36. Augusto Fernandez (Atletico Madrid)
37. Gonzalo Higuain (Juventus)
38. Paulo Dybala (Juventus)
39. Eric Lamela (Tottenham)
40. John Foyth (Tottenham)
41. Paolo Gazzaniga (Tottenham)
42. Leandro Paredes (Paris Saint-Germain)
43. Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint Germain)
44. Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)
45. Wilfredo Caballero (Chelsea)
46. Lautaro Martinez (Inter)
47. Joaquin Correa (Inter)
48. Valentin Carboni (Inter)