Lautaro: “I, Inter, PSG, Inzaghi, The Golden Ball and …”

To all Lautaro. Inter, the two Champions League finals, the farewell of Inzaghi, the golden ball, the tattoos, the prepared rite: “I always impose the alarm clock at the same time, 8:01. It is part of those strange rituals that allow me to be at peace with myself”. The Inter captain told himself in a long interview with France Football, where he ranged on everything. From his nickname, the bull, born in the youth of Racing, until the end of the Champions League lost against the PSG in Munich.

The Champions League

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This is the thought of Lautaro on 5-0 with the PSG: “We played two Champions League finals in three years. We have always made an excellent path, but we have always missed what something more in the last game. The one with PSG cost me a lot, I struggled to accept it, we were prepared and confident. Nothing went as hoped, the pain was even larger. They are scars that they have to heal. Practice what we had prepared.

the after psg

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Lautaro also spoke of how it was difficult to face the after: “Bad, bad, badly – said the Argentine -. After a few days off I returned to the national team and then I left for the Club World Cup. There was a week in which the pain was very strong, difficult to digest. After there is no time to complain; you have to start again and continue, turn the page, keep the good things, improve them. People, with my companions, but I did not come out.

Inzaghi chapter

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Lautaro also spoke of Simone Inzaghi’s farewell: “It is difficult to explain what happened in Monaco. Napoli, who won the Scudetto, played only in the championship. He rested, he prepared himself for the game every week. For us, since last year, it has been an accumulation of games, tiredness, injuries, unavailable players in important moments. He really made himself heard. He influenced in a negative way.

The dispute with Calhanoglu

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This is the thought about the verbal dispute with Calhanoglu during the World Cup, after the eighth of Finale lost against the Fluminense: “It was a misunderstanding. I didn’t like some things; my statements were generic and they were not addressed to him. As a captain, it is what came to my mind at that moment. To some, some might like, to others not, but then we discussed it with the team, the coach. clarified.

Golden Ball

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Lautaro said he was underestimated: “Sometimes yes. Maybe it’s a question of image, marketing, that I don’t bring me where to this measures. But I always give the best for my teammates, for my shirt. This is what matters. I try to achieve my goals to be at peace with myself. At 28 years old, I am very happy with my career. behaved correctly “. To the question about how it is placed among the first 5 attackers in the world, Lautaro replied: “Among the first five. I don’t want to name names. Each classifies the players as they want; there are some very high level strikers. But what I have done in recent years allows me to be among the first five”. Finally, on the Golden Ball: “I don’t know what place I will be able to claim, but I felt very comfortable. And even if we have not won titles I made a great season. I deserve a good position”. Regarding the seventh place of 2024, however, he reiterated his thoughts: “I expected to end up higher. Compared to the choice of the judges; they asked me what I thought and I said. I am like this; I have never been in the middle of things”.

Nickname and tattoos

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He closes with some curious anecdotes related to the nickname and tattoos: “They call me the bull because of a former racing youth companion. I had a lot of strength, desire to run and kicking strong. He always said that I was a bull. It is an animal that represents me well. In Buenos Aires I made me tattoo on the wrist. Other tattoos? Point, I wanted to tattoo the World Cup, the America’s Cup and the titles with Inter.