Inter Milan captain Lautaro Martinez feels that the Nerazzurri must do even better against Napoli than they did against Lazio.
The 26-year-old spoke to Italian broadcaster SportMediaset ahead of tomorrow evening’s Supercoppa Italiana semifinal, via FCInterNews.
Inter’s performance against Lazio on Friday was, putting it mildly, not a bad one.
The Nerazzurri ran out 3-0 winners in the Supercoppa semifinal.
And if anything, that scoreline didn’t do enough to reflect the Nerazzurri’s dominance. It was a breathless performance in terms of passing football and keeping the tempo high.
But Napoli could present an even more formidable challenge.
The Partenopei may have been in very erratic form this season.
But the reigning Italian champions also got a 3-0 win over their own in the semifinal stage of the Supercoppa. They beat Fiorentina by that same scoreline to book their place in the final.
And Napoli will certainly not lack motivation to try and prove why they won the Serie A title last season.
Inter Captain Lautaro Martinez: Need To Do Better Vs Napoli Than Vs Lazio
As far as facing Napoli, Nerazzurri captain Martinez made very clear that “We have to respect them.”
“We’ll have a very tough team to come up against in front of us,” he continued.
“So we have to play a great match. Maybe even better than we did against Lazio.”
And Martinez also gave his thoughts on whether or not he will sign a contract extension committing his long-term future to Inter in the near future.
The Nerazzurri captain said “Hopefully.”
“I don’t know,” he added. “We’re working hard on it.”
Martinez made very clear that “I’m happy here at Inter. And my family is too.”
At the moment, Martinez is under contract with Inter until the end of June 2026.
“But now I’m just thinking about tomorrow’s match,” the Argentine added.
