Lautaro Martinez admits Inter ‘stopped enjoying and didn’t have the identical depth’ after taking a 2-0 lead in opposition to Milan within the Supercoppa Italiana Ultimate, as
The Nerazzurri have been hoping to turn out to be the primary facet ever to win 4 consecutive editions of the Supercoppa Italiana, and felt they have been in an ideal place to do this after going 2-0 up.
Lautaro Martinez and Mehdi Taremi scored both facet of half-time, however Rafael Leao got here off the bench and impressed a complete turnaround from the Rossoneri, with Theo Hernandez’s free kick, Christian Pulisic and the last-gasp Tammy Abraham tap-in.
Lautaro Martinez pissed off by Inter collapse
“The optimistic facets are the primary half, we had gone 2-0 up, however then Inter simply stopped enjoying, didn’t have the identical depth we had till that second and in these video games you pay the value for that,”
It was so almost 3-1 for the Nerazzurri when Carlos Augusto’s header got here off the upright and partly crossed the road, however Mike Maignan managed to claw it away on the final second.
“I wouldn’t say Milan have been hungrier, as a result of we had just a few extra scoring alternatives with Frattesi, Denzel, Mkhitaryan and extra. Incidents can change the course of the sport, we didn’t take care of these moments nicely.
“We misplaced the match, I don’t know if it was deserved, however Milan definitely deserve credit score for the very fact they by no means gave up.”
Remarkably, Inter have misplaced solely three aggressive matches up to now this season and two of them have been in opposition to Milan, additionally falling 2-1 in Serie A again in September.
The one facet aside from the Rossoneri who beat them was Eintracht Frankfurt within the Champions League.
“It’s tough to elucidate what occurred. The very first thing I can consider is the strain, as a result of we knew Milan’s greatest energy was the counter-attack and we didn’t have the proper preventative marking, but in addition didn’t take our probabilities to kill off the sport,” concluded the captain.