04/28/2024 10:51am.
Goal scorers, pardon the redundancy, live off goals. Sometimes they seem selfish. However, as a good captain, Lautaro Martínez led by example. In the middle of the Inter champion’s celebration at San Siro, beating Torino 1-0 at that time, The National Team forward had the generosity of allowing a teammate to kick a penalty, despite having the possibility of converting and expanding his position at the top scorer of Serie A.
The Turkish Hakan Calhanoglu, Inter’s regular penalty taker, offered the shot from twelve steps to Martínez, who rejected him amicably despite fighting to be the top scorer in the championship and not scoring since February. Despite the Turk’s insistence, Martínez let him finish in peace. Hakan did not fail and thus reached 16 consecutive penalties scored since 2020, surpassing a record held by the Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovic and equaling Giampaolo Pazzini’s numbers.
Pure camaraderie between the Turkish and the Argentine (AFP).
Calhanoglu celebrated the goal with Martínez himself in a show of camaraderie and good vibes. Everything within the framework of the excitement of Inter champion. Lautaro has 23 goals and two assists in the Italian league, seven ahead of Serbian Dusan Vlahovic of Juventus, who has 16.
Be careful, El Toro has not scored since last February 28 and will go for a double objective in this final stretch of the season before joining the National Team to play in the Copa América: end this temporary drought and finish as the top scorer in the Italian league.
