The return to Appiano Gentile of Lautaro Martinez, Marcus Thuram and the arrival for the first time of John Stones characterized yesterday. The English defender set foot for the first time in the sports center that this year will be his point of reference.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, the three carried out a personalized session with exercise bikes, gym work, and a first run-out. Starting Wednesday, they are expected to work with the rest of the group, who had been given a few days off after the tour in Australia.
The day also represented the occasion for the meeting between Stones and Martinez, protagonists of one of the two World Cup semifinals with opposite fortunes. The decisive goal was scored by the Argentine, outsmarting his current teammate, but their acquaintance is not yet deep enough for them to start joking with each other.
Martinez is still stung by what happened a few days later, when the Albiceleste was defeated in the final by Spain and Scaloni did not grant the top scorer of the last Serie A even a minute on the pitch. He will have a chance to heal his wounds with Inter, even if three weeks of vacation cannot be enough to forget everything.
The first goal for the three will be to arrive in the best possible condition for the league opener against Monza. “From now until August 22, the day of the debut, physical form will never be sparkling and Chivu is well aware of this,” reads the pink newspaper. Initially, on the eve of the Australian derby with Milan, the coach had hinted that he would not be able to field the ThuLa from the start, but those considerations were immediately watered down in the subsequent post-victory statements against Juve.
The coach knows how difficult it is to do without the main strikers, especially the Argentine. Having missed out on a second World Cup, Lautaro does not want to miss out on a second league title for anything in the world.
CONTINUE READING