It has always been said that Soccer is full of stories They keep more sadness than joys. However, this is not the case of Lautaro Martínez (1997, Argentina), the absolute leader of Inter from Milan what decided to force the indescribable To end shaking the tie against Barça in a Giuseppe Meazza surrendered at your feet.
Olmo Garrafal Error at the ball out
It all started six days before. The Italian club began to tremble when its star left the field to the edge of the first part complaining of a strong pain in the upper leg. The surprising thing was to see that Lautaro Martínez was able to return to the pitch to run for five minutes And then be replaced for the second half. Thing of authentic warriors. I had to wait for some evidence that would not accompany the footballer: Flexor distension. Estimated casualty time? Between three and four weeks the diagnosis of the referees prayed. Armed the quilombo, Lautaro had it clearer than anyone. I had to tighten his teeth and throw everything.
Compressive bandage … and to die
Lautaro Martínez: “I send my mother a greeting that I did not want me to play”
After 3-3 of the first leg, the rest had to be taken, if it was not 100%, because This kind of challenges is also played with the soul, with the heart. And although the risk was more than high and the almost unbearable pain, the 10 decided to jump into the ring for all its people … even if it made it cry. “I wasn't there to play, I was crying at home. I send a greeting to my mother that I did not want to play this game. She suffers when I'm not well. Oh well, In these moments where I like being most is within the field, helping my teammates, making these people happy that once again accompanied us“The player said after the game. Once again he won the most important respect again, which is that of his surroundings, the people who love him in the good and bad times.
I live football like this
Before the game, the Argentine crack returned to reassure your surroundings with messages loaded with epicity. After trying the leg in Double sessions throughout the weekLautaro decided with the Italian coaching staff that he had to force all his teammates and for all the people behind. “With risk because it hurts, but it doesn't matter. Today I make a bandage and war”the player confessed to his surroundings in the hours before the game. And as long as his presence in the eleven was labeled as improbable miracle, the player showed that what there was was will and an unstoppable desire to be in the most important game of the season. “I live football like this”settled.
Thus, Inter Milan, led for sixty minutes by the Argentine star Lautaro Martínezeliminated Barcelona and He broke his dream of winning the Champions League again. He scored 1-0 thanks to a great dumfries pass and made the penalty that meant 2-0. After visiting Marciniak al OURthe referee pointed out the eleven meters when he understood that Cubarsí He had not touched the ball in his attempt to cut Lautaro's attack play, which He pulled experience to put his foot between the ball and the Barca defender when he realized that he threw himself with everything to the ground. The team behind him and half the tie in his pocket … before Barça resurfaces from his ashes.
Until the change, he could not more, the striker did not stop fixing the centrals with a controlled explosiveness to the millimeter due to an injury that few could have endured. The 10 arrived at the game with 6 days of recovery (for an injury that required minimum between 3 and 4 weeks), completely stiff, with a compressive bandage … and prepared to die. And all this without thinking about anything else. “If God wants later there will be 20 days“He said without knowing that he would hold the game. Said and done. Although now it is time to finish off the series A … and then think of the Munich final. And all previous individual work to recover 100%.
