I will post this here instead of here:
https://forzainterforums.com/index....s-an-inter-podcast.16078/page-29#post-2261276
To reach wider audience (with some interesting stats) I guess.
This is fair but we also have to take into account that Lewa for example is 35 and starting to slow down. He probably wasn’t the best example to use but when you’re thinking on the fly he’s one that comes to mind because of what he’s done the last 10 years of his career.
The truth is there aren’t really many better at the CF role currently. I’d probably say Halaand, Kane and Mbappe (when he even plays there) are the only ones I’d say are a clear level above.
However when you compare him to the world class strikers we’ve had in previous generations it also doesn’t do him any favors. We had guys that were extremely clutch in big moments and that’s what we as fans remember most. There’s no hiding Lautaro’s champions league record in recent years.
He is still relatively young though and approaching his prime. Milito was 30 when he put in this CL performances. I agree the best is yet to come.
Nothing to disagree here really.
I just checked his CL record...
Lautaro is scoring just 0.27 goals per match in CL which is way under our best all-time goalscorers there...Adriano 0.54 (14 goals) and Julio Cruz 0.38 (13 goals). Lautaro is third there with 12 but he played most games...44 (to be fair he played around 3100 minutes which is around 34 full games).
Crespo is next with 11 goals (0.48),then Eto's with 10 (0.43),then with 9 Lukaku (0.50),Milito (0.41) and Martins (0.36).
Out of all of this mentioned only Lukaku played under 20 games (18).
Now what I found interesting...0.27 goals per match is the exact score Ibrahimović and Vieri had with us (both played 22 games). They are also the worst when it comes to minutes per goal. Ibrahimović with 305,Vieri with 281. Then comes Lautaro with goal every 259 minutes. After that out of all of this mentioned we only had Eto'o with over 200 (204).
Ibrahimović is certified loser, I doubt Lautaro will stay in that range in the future.
I'm honestly more worried about Thuram. He had 1/8 so far with us. 0.13 per game, goal every 461 minutes. Going to his Gladbach days...he overall scored only 3 in 16 games (I know he played there as a winger but still). Goal every 353 minutes. And he scored just in two games out of this 16 (2 against Real with Gladbach and against Benfica with us).
Now you can go more in depth about all of this if you (not neccesarily you) want. I think Lautaro scored few clutch goals. Just quick math...we can say he gave us 5 points in last two seasons with his goals in group stage (minute 85 penalty in Salzburg for a 1-0 win,minute 87 goal in Sociedad for a 1-1 draw and he scored in minute 63 for 2-1 lead at Camp Nou last season season which ended in a 3-3 draw) and then last season he scored in knockout stage for 1-0 win against Milan and for 2-1 lead against Benfica which ended 3-3. We advanced in both cases. In first season with Inzaghi he scored that only goal at Anfield. Previously with Conte he also scored at Bernabeu,Camp Nou and at Westfallen but we got 0 points from this games. Out of his 12 goals he scored just three at Meazza (third one is for 1-0 against Dormund in a 2-0 win).
Now,you can go through his game log if you want and pickup games when you think he should have scored or pickup his bad games in CL. For example,he didn't scored against Atletico this season but I can't say he was having a bad game. He had few good balls to Thuram and Barella there in return leg. Returned leg against Benfica and Sociedad this season he only played 36 minutes combined (honestly I think Inzaghi fucked this up,his only mistake this season probably). Then you are left only with first games against Benfica and Salzburg when he maybe didn't contribute (honestly need a remainder was he good in this games or not). And so on if you want to take a look at his last seasons...
10 years of FIF
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