“My daughter touched the Cup, since she’s been around I’ve won everything” – Corriere.it

“Welcome home, world champion.” Inter embraces Lautaro Martinez again, pampers him as if he were a precious stone, shows him proud. From Marco Materazzi in 2006 to Toro, who returned to Milan on Thursday after parties (and a few days off) after the World Cup, «the biggest dream I had since I was a child and an experience that has also changed me mentally», he says with a smile printed on the face by the press room of Appiano Gentile, as he thinks back to the celebration on the streets of Buenos Aires, “they were special”.

He already has an ad hoc tattoo ready, but there is one moment that is more beautiful than the others for Lautaro: “When my daughter touched the Cup. She changed my life: she was born two years ago and since then I’ve won almost all the trophies I could». Three snaps from Qatar: «The defeat against Saudi Arabia because then we talked and we went back to work as we know, then the victory on penalties against the Netherlands in which the strength of the group came out and Montiel’s penalty». decisive in the final against France. Seeing that ball enter “was a unique emotion, I thought about everything I’ve done so far”. Flooded with messages, Lautaro chooses one in particular: «My grandmother’s. She is going through a difficult moment, my mother stayed at home with her in Argentina ».

Again, the forward from Bahia Blanca, who played in Qatar “with his ankle in pieces, but no one can say that I didn’t give everything”, says without quoting Julian Alvarez, who he calls “the other attacker”, the one who stole the starting spot. He’s fine now. He has been training since last Friday in Appiano: «I’m available», he says confidently. On Wednesday there is Napoli at the San Siro: «A team with quality. If the coach chooses me, I’m ready to play. Since I returned to Italy, there’s only Inter in my head. I saw Lukaku in form, like Dzeko and Correa. We are all excited, we will give our best ». He says that Inzaghi wrote him a message after the final and doesn’t hide from the question about the Scudetto comeback: «Yes, I still believe it. The first part of the championship isn’t over either, we lost important points but we have to continue doing our job, starting from Wednesday». Maybe he will even think about Diego Maradona: «his disappearance hurt us, is a myth and a legend that will always be with us. He must be enjoying all the trophies, wherever he is.’ On Wednesday he will have a new match to watch.