A great goal from Lautaro Martínez rescued Inter, who needed extra time to eliminate Buffón’s Parma in the Italian Cup
The man from Bahia, who had converted on Saturday in Serie A, appeared with two minutes to go to force extra time at the Giuseppe Meazza. Look at the video.
At the right time, in the right place. Lautaro Martinez It was important again this Tuesday for Inter, because he rescued it with a great goal with two minutes to go to force the extra time against Parma (from Serie B and with Gianluigi Buffon) and then celebrated the 2-1 comeback that allowed them to advance to the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup, the tournament where they defended last season’s title.
The man from Bahia, who had just scored last Saturday in the 2-2 draw against Monza in Serie A, appeared 42 minutes into the second half to capture a rebound from the rival defense and, from the croissant in the area, controlled with his leg left and defined an overshoot with the right to, by deflection, make it 1-1. It was the tenth goal of the season for the ‘Bull’ (eight in Serie A and one in the Champions League).
Parma, which in addition to the eternal Buffon had the Argentines as starters Lautaro Valenti, Nahuel Estevez and Franco “Mudo” Vazquezhad gone ahead with a superb right hand from Croatian Stanko Juric, in the first half.
The outcome of the match was very emotional, because after the world champion’s goal with the Argentine National Team, Buffon held off a spectacular attempt against the Bosnian Edin Dzeko, a pass from Lautaro Martínez, in the last of regular time.
In the extra time, it was the head of Francesco Acerbi who ended up giving the advantage and the classification to those led by Simone Inzaghi, who also included the other Argentine striker from the outset Joaquin Correa.
The round of 16 of the Italian Cup will continue this Wednesday with Milan-Torino, while Fiorentina-Sampdoria and Roma-Genoa will be measured on Thursday.
Next week it will be the turn of the rest of the crosses: Napoli-Cremonese; Atalanta-Spezia; Lazio-Bologna and Juventus-Monza.
The final of this edition of the Italian Cup will be on Wednesday, May 24, at the Olympic Stadium in Rome.
