Aimar’s reaction to Lautaro Martínez’s goal: how long it took for the striker to break his spell with the national team

The victory of Argentina national team by 3-1 against Costa Rica left as the first winner Lautaro Martinez. They must have passed 777 minutes and more than a calendar year so much so that on a cold night in Los Angeles the Bull scores the goal again with the Albiceleste shirt: He came on midway through the second half and it was enough for him to score the last goal of the match by scoring from half a turn inside the area. He celebrated angrily, trying to vent. And from the substitutes’ bench, the scream of the goal Pablo Aimar He clarified that he had suffered the negative streak firsthand.

With effusiveness and kicks at the billboard, as if the context were that of a points match and not a friendly match. That way Lautaro celebrates the goal after 16 gameswith subsequent compliments from all his colleagues.

The opposite happened for the technical staff when the cameras showed their passive celebration. It seemed like they were confident that the goal would come sooner or later. Except Aimar.

More separated from the rest of his companions, He Clown He opened his hands, clenching his fists, and looked up at the sky when Lautaro found the goal again.. With eyes closed, in an almost grateful pose, Aimar lived the situation as if it were his own.

Likewise, Aimar’s celebration is not strange. It seems that he is a man of passionate shouts: he is added this morning to the list opened with that goal against Mexico at the World Cup, where he sat on the substitutes’ bench unable to hide the emotion of the moment.

Lautaro’s last goal was before the World Cup in Qatar, in the friendly against Honduras, in September 2022. Countless unrealized opportunities occurred in between. During the drought, Taurus always tried to remain calm in the face of questions. Although, now that the goal has arrived, he has hinted that the situation was already starting to bother him.

“Even if you try to avoid these things, sometimes you think about them and you always think about them. Award for the work and gratitude to my colleagues who are always close to me”, said Toro after the victory. And he added: “I talked about it a little with my family, but they also made me go out a little, Why These topics make me more nervous and anxious to find the goal.“His reality at Inter was completely different: top scorer in the championship with 23 celebrations in 29 games.

Despite the negative period that lasted over a year, Lautaro’s numbers with Scaloneta remain solid: He scored his 22nd goal for the national team (all in the Scaloni cycle) in 56 games and He is the second top scorer since the arrival of the Pujato nativein 2019.

After a year and a half of drought, his pursuers are far from reaching him. Ángel Di María is just third with 10 goals, including his recent free-kick bomb. Lionel Messi leads the league with 41 goals.

But that is not all. The fact is that in addition to the current impact that the Inter captain’s goal had, it also allowed him to sneak into a ranking of very high historical value: He became the national team’s tenth top scorer. Equalized Daniele Passarella AND Leopoldo Giacinto Luque.

“Very happy to enter the top 10 scorers of the Argentine national team. Thanks to everyone who supports me. Let’s do more,” the Racing driver wrote on his Instagram account.

Now he will go in search of achievement Luis Artimewho has a personal best of 24 points. What better context to do this than the Copa América, with renewed energy.