The 25-year-old from Bahia was the starter and captain, scored the goals at 21m and 20m in each stage, reached eleven conquests in the tournament, two less than the leader of the scorers’ table, the Nigerian Victor Osimhem (Napoli, 13) and achieved his sixth goal in seven games played this year.
After finishing blank in the highest FIFA competition in the Middle East, Lautaro, who was replaced by his compatriot Joaquin Correa 21 minutes into the second half, he was reunited with the goal for his club both in Serie A, in the Italian Cup and in the Italian Super Cup, which the “neroazurro” team beat their greatest rival Milan.
With this result, Inter moved up to second place with 40 points, ten less than the leader Napoliwhich will receive Roma on Sunday (37), and Cremonese -in which Nigerian striker David Okereke scored- is still last with eight units.
In another game played this Saturday, Torino tied with Empoli 2-2, away, and rose to eighth place.
Torino’s goals came from Italian midfielder Samuele Ricci and Paraguayan striker Arnaldo Sanabria, while Empoli’s wins were converted by Italian defender Sebastiano Luperto and Romanian midfielder Rzvan Marin.
With this result, Torino, which achieved its sixth draw in the tournament, was left with 27 units, 23 less than the leader Napoli, while Empoli has 26.
Italian League – Date 20
Friday: Bologna 2 (Argentine Nicolás Domínguez entered after 21 minutes of the second half) -Spezia 0 and Lecce 1 -Salernitana 2.
Saturday: Empoli 2 -Torino 2; Cremonese 1 -Inter 2. Later: Atalanta-Sampdoria (16:45, Star+).
Sunday: Milan-Sassuolo (8:30 a.m., ESPN and Star+), Juventus-Monza (11:00 a.m., Star+), Lazio-Fiorentina (2:00 p.m., ESPN and Star+) and Napoli-Roma (4:45 p.m., ESPN and Star+).
Monday: Udinese-Hellas Verona (4:45 p.m., Star+).
Positions: Napoli 50 points; Inter 40; Milan 38; Lazio and Rome 37; Atlanta 35; Udinese 28; Turin 27; Bologna and Empoli 26; Empoli 25; Juventus and Fiorentina 23; Monza 22; Salernitana 21; Lecce 20; Spezia 18; Sassuolo 17; Hellas Verona 12; Sampdoria 9 and Cremonese 8.
Source: Ambito
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