After carrying the team in January and the early portion of February, Lautaro Martinez has fallen into a slump lately. He hasn’t scored in seven consecutive games. While he has often alternated excellent stretches to some lulls, his latest arrived at an inopportune time given Inter’s string of poor results.
As La Gazzetta dello Sport points out, El Toro last hit the net in Serie A on March 5th. He has fired blanks against Spezia, missing a PK, Juventus, and Fiorentina, versus Porto, in Coppa Italia in Turin, and also in two friendlies with Argentina, botching a clear-cut chance. He hasn’t hit the net in 495 straight minutes despite some good opportunities..
On top of not producing, Martinez has seemed in very poor form and lacked energy in recent bouts. His physical data are among the worse in the squads. The recent travels to South America didn’t help.
The Argentine striker came off the bench Fiorentina. There’s a chance he’ll do it again Friday versus Salernitana. It’s the first time in the season that the Nerazzurri have all their four strikers available at the same time. He has never been used as a sub twice in a row this campaign.
According to the Sky, Milan Skriniar is improving but will remain sidelined this week. He’ll be further assessed Saturday to determine whether he could make it for the Benfica game. Hakan Calhanoglu is trying to speed up his recovery from a thigh muscular distraction, but the first leg might come too early for him to feature, and the risk of a relapse could be too big.
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