Lautaro Martinez drew the unlikeliest of comparisons in this morning’s papers for his performance during Inter’s win over Atalanta.
El Toro put in a huge defensive shift at San Siro as the Nerazzurri dug out a huge 1-0 win thanks to Milan Skriniar’s second-half strike.
Tuttosport’s print edition only gave Lautaro 6/10 for his display against Gian Piero Gasperini’s side, but they paid the 23-year-old a big compliment for his work rate.
“He really toiled away in midfield, with the attitude of a player like Gennaro Gattuso,” the Turin-based paper argued.
Skriniar and Samir Handanovic unsurprisingly took Inter’s highest ratings for last night’s game with both receiving 7/10, along with Alessandro Bastoni.
Stefan de Vrij got 6.5, as did Marcelo Brozovic, with the report specifying that the Dutch defender was not the main person to blame for Duvan Zapata’s chance before half-time, instead blaming Romelu Lukaku for not clearing the ball.
Nicolo Barella, Ivan Perisic and Christian Eriksen got 6/10 while Lukaku, Achraf Hakimi and Arturo Vidal took 5.5/10.
Antonio Conte was rated 6/10, with TS saying of the Inter boss through gritted teeth: “The end justifies the means.”
