Lautaro Martínez and a top finish to overcome Mauro Icardi and increase Inter’s lead against Salernitana

Lautaro Martinez He is a world-class attacker and scorer. This Friday was sent with a definition of crack to increase the advantage of the Inter against Salernitana at the Giuseppe Meazza on the 25th A series and so he reached 20 in the tournament to extend his lead at the top of the scorers’ table: he has 8 points ahead of Vlahovic, of Juventus, his immediate pursuer.

El Toro – who also has two other goals in the Champions League and one in the Italian Super Cup this season – made it 2-0 for Inter with a right-footed shot from the penalty area to the far post. Great goal.

A couple of minutes earlier, the French Marco Thuram had opened the account for the local team, which with the victory moves itself to 63 points at the top of the Italian table, ten ahead of second place, Juventus, who will visit Hellas Verona on Saturday.

This Friday, before the match, the CEO of Inter, Giuseppe Marotta, came out to clarify that they were “close” to reaching an agreement with the striker born in Bahía Blanca to extend the contract with a salary increase, to in the face of rumors that Martínez could be a candidate to replace Kylian Mbappé at PSG.

The French striker has already informed Nasser Al Khelaifi, CEO of the Parisian club, of his decision to leave the club on a free transfer when his contract expires on June 30 this year.

Moreover, Lautaro Martínez surpassed Mauro Icardi as the Argentinian with the most goals in the history of the Milanese club. With Friday’s goal against Salernitana, Toro reached 125 (in 269 games) at Inter, one more than Icardi who was at 124 (in 219 games) before leaving for PSG.