Lautaro Martinez is no Harry Kane, let’s get that clear. The 25-year-old found the net three times at the World Cup but failed to end the tournament with a goal with all of them chalked off.
It was a frustrating tournament for him to say the least. Lionel Messi may have branded Wout Weghorst ‘il burro’ in Qatar but it was Martinez who was initially goaded as the donkey who could not score.
He silenced those jeers at the end of the quarter-final against the Netherlands by firing in the decisive spot kick in the penalty shoot-out, and has continued to answer his critics for Inter Milan ever since.
