Lautaro Martinez has caught some flack for his subpar numbers so far, but Marcus Thuram, despite being more prolific than last year, hasn’t been flawless either. The Frenchman’s tally looks good because of a brace and a hat-trick, but he hasn’t scored in more than a month, Corriere dello Sport informs (via OneFootball).
Ultimately, he has hit the net in just 3 out of 12 Serie A rounds. He hasn’t found the target in the past four across all competitions. Other than in the Empoli match, where they were helped by some happenstances, the Nerazzurri haven’t been superb offensively following the high-scoring clash with Juventus.
While Lautaro Martinez occasionally looks spent and uninvolved, Thuram is livelier and has had his fair share of chances in each game but often failed to convert them.
Inter were hopeful he had turned the corner for good as a goal poacher, but that hasn’t been the case. Simone Inzaghi has leaned heavily on his two stars, even though the Argentine could have used more breathers, which hasn’t allowed Mehdi Taremi to find much consistency. He has started almost exclusively in the Champions League, scoring once and providing two assists.
Our Take on the Inter, Lautaro Martinez, and Thuram
The problem for the former is that he didn’t make the pre-season preparation, and they decided to correct that by giving him as many minutes as possible. The strategy hasn’t fully panned out yet, but it might in the long run. The main difference from last season is that the two forwards have never cooked simultaneously in the same game. Perhaps the fact that the pecking order between the two is murkier is a factor.
