One of the problems that Inter hoped to solve in last summer’s transfer window was the heavy offensive dependence on the attacking pair formed by Lautaro Martinez and Marcus Thuram. In fact, the black and blue moved early, closing in February for the signing of Mehdi Taremi, who came off very positive numbers in terms of goals with the Porto shirt.
However, so far the Iranian has not lived up to expectations and the other two forwards in the squad, namely Marko Arnautovic and Joaquin Correa, have been barely seen and without shining. The only goals scored by the offensive substitutes have come in the Champions League all against Red Star and none in Serie A, where the Nerazzurri are stuck at 12 goals scored by Thuram 7 and Lautaro 5.
If we thus limit the scope of analysis to the Italian championship alone, La Gazzetta dello Sport points out that none of the top 7 in the table – apart from Inter – has had only two forwards score in these first 12 rounds.
In spite of this statistic, Simone Inzaghi’s team is still the second best attacking team in the championship with 26 goals scored, behind only Atalanta. However, in the long run, this dependence on the starters could become harmful and costly for the two directly involved, especially for Lautaro Martinez who, despite scoring a goal with Argentina, is still far from his best form.
