He scored in 4 out of 5 toughest fixtures we had in CL last years.I’d be lying if I didn’t say his form against the truly top teams (outside of Italy) is a bit worrying. Unfortunately he looks either low on confidence or a bit too slow in the biggest moments.
The first big chance there is no way Lautaro doesn’t take that first time if he’s playing against for example. In the big game he takes and extra touch and then miss hits it. Same with the eventual Arnautovic goal. He missed to massive opportunities in this match. Missing one is “ok” however missing both in the manner he did is not acceptable for a world class player.
I will give him credit for his hold up play today. He did really well with his back to goal winning fouls. Arna overall actually played better than him in the second half though. Despite his absolute shit finishing.
15 in 51 in europe isn't an off day.Ffs let's not make a big deal out of it. Even greater strikers than him have missed far more crucial moments in their careers. Lautaro was never known for being the most clinical out there. He pulled incredible numbers this season, but that doesn't mean he has to score every match two goals or more. He's actually been good in overall, but it was not his day.
Inter is no Real Madrid mate, even our historical stats aren't any impressive though.15 in 51 in europe isn't an off day.
Here’s the thing. 12 goals in 42 games isn’t good enough. I don’t care how you slice it. No one is asking for CR7 type numbers in the CL. Lautaro this season has 2 goals in 7. Last season he had 3 in 13. Rasmus Hojlund has 5 in 6 games as a 20 year old playing for a shit United team. Joao Mario has more CL goals this campaign.He scored in 4 out of 5 toughest fixtures we had in CL last years.
Real Madrid away, Barcelona away, Liverpool away and Milan 2nd semi. Only failed to score in the CL final.
Why do people expect 15 CL goals per season from the guy? Who from Inter does that? Who generay does that? He scores when it matters and the team isn't worse off when he doesn't because he works his ass off!
I agree your point initially but there was no need at all to bring up Joao Mario and Hojulnd to the comparison.Here’s the thing. 12 goals in 42 games isn’t good enough. I don’t care how you slice it. No one is asking for CR7 type numbers in the CL. Lautaro this season has 2 goals in 7. Last season he had 3 in 13. Rasmus Hojlund has 5 in 6 games as a 20 year old playing for a shit United team. Joao Mario has more CL goals this campaign.
My point is that there is obviously something lacking in translation from Serie A to the Champions League. And International competition as well but that’s a story for another day.
When he's your main goal scoring threat, he needs to score.I'm fine with Lautaro not scoring as much if he always has this kind of influence.
Because for the opponent's defence, he is always a problem.
Lautaro seems like a current day mid-20s Zlatan (in terms of reputation over here, not playing style!). As in the undeniably impressive domestic record on Serie A, but as of yet always seems to fluff his lines in the Champions League and the World Cup.
Was hoping he would be more impressive last night given how he is tearing up Serie A this season, but still looked like a rabbit caught in the headlights when he was through on goal.
Is always lively and helps to create his own the chances through his pressing and movement though, it's just the end product has always been missing when I've seen him. So I can sort of see the comparisons that James Horncastle was making between him and Luis Suarez before the game, and was hoping he would finally finish some chances just to shut Joe Cole up who clearly has never watched any Serie A like the rest of us. But until he starts banging then in in the Champions League he's not going to shake this reputation.
I saw Lautaro confessing after the match that in that first great chance he was going to one-touch it but changed his mind quickly. To me it indeed looked like a chance you should one-touch.I’d be lying if I didn’t say his form against the truly top teams (outside of Italy) is a bit worrying. Unfortunately he looks either low on confidence or a bit too slow in the biggest moments.
The first big chance there is no way Lautaro doesn’t take that first time if he’s playing against Lecce for example. In the big game he takes and extra touch and then miss hits it. Same with the eventual Arnautovic goal. He missed to massive opportunities in this match. Missing one is “ok” however missing both in the manner he did is not acceptable for a world class player.
I will give him credit for his hold up play today. He did really well with his back to goal winning fouls. Arna overall actually played better than him in the second half though. Despite his absolute shit finishing.
And i can't never really get the idea that if we scored all those chances, we would win 3:0?
Do you really think that we would play the same and made the same chances after the first goal, for example? Nope!