Lautaro Martínez, the striker of the ‘Toro’ of league leaders Inter: goal, victory against Fiorentina and historic record equaled with Mauro Icardi

There is no Argentine world champion who has scored more goals than him Lautaro Martinez in the 28 days until 2024. Naturally the Bahiense is the top scorer of the “Toro” Interwho beat the team 1-0 away on Sunday Florentine thanks to a header from his captain, which allowed him to find himself leaders of Serie Aa point above the Juventus and with one less meeting.

It was the fifth of this new year for the Argentine striker -Di María, Dybala and Enzo Fernández have 2-, who has accumulated 19 goals in 18 games as a starter in Serie A and is second in the scoring charts of the main European leagues only behind Harry Kane. Furthermore, with this goal against Fiorentina, Martínez equaled Mauro Icardi as Argentine top scorer in Inter history with 124 goals. Brutal.

Juventus’ defeat (1-1 against Empoli) gave Inter the opportunity to regain the advantage they lost three days ago. Between the third and twentieth he ruled Serie A with an iron fist, but the postponement against Atalanta gave the ‘Old Lady’ the opportunity to close a gap that he had only enjoyed for a couple of weeks.

And Inter didn’t have an easy task. Fiorentina, despite the last two consecutive setbacks (defeat against Sassuolo and draw with Udinese), is a strong candidate to end the season in one of the six places with access to Europe. The vicissitudes of the last duels required a reaction from Vincenzo Italiano’s men.

In fact, he could have equalized in the end. An involuntary punch from Sommer on Bala Nzola gives Fiorentina a penalty kicked by the Argentine Nico González -they also played Martínez Quarta and Lucas Beltrán-. But he finishes it very badly, weakly, almost with a pass into the hands of the Swiss goalkeeper, which keeps Inter victorious.

Second consecutive goal from Retegui

The Argentine striker Mateo Retegui scored this Sunday for the second consecutive date in Serie A, scoring the first goal of Genoa in the home victory Leccese by 2-1 at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium, on the 22nd.

The former Tigre striker headed a ball that bounced off the crossbar and hit a few centimeters from the goal line after a free kick by Finnish Albert Gudmundsson in the 25th minute of the second half.

Lecce were three points away from relegation after Hellas Verona drew 1-1 against Frosinone to leave them bottom of three.

Sassuolo moves one point above the relegation zone after losing 1-0 away to Monza.

On Sunday, Lazio and Napoli had to settle for a 0-0 draw which didn’t help either of them in the fight for fourth place in Serie A.

The result leaves Lazio two points behind fourth-placed Atalanta. Napoli remains two points behind.