an absent key player absent for the clash against Barça?

Bad news for Inter Milan! Saturday night in the loss to Roma (1-2), Lautaro Martinez finished the match touched. Although he played the entire match, the Argentinian felt muscle discomfort in his right thigh. His participation in the shock against Barça is called into question, which would be a huge blow for the Interists, already deprived of two executives of the workforce: Romelu Lukaku and Marcelo Brozovic. The center-forward will be fixed tomorrow to find out if he will be able to play the C1 match against Barcelona, ​​since additional tests are planned for Lautaro. His coach Simone Inzaghi hopes that his striker will be restored, because in case of absence, only Edin Dzeko would remain in the position of number 9, problematic for the Italian coach who develops Inter in 3-5-2, with two leading attackers. To possibly replace him, Henrikh Mkhitaryan could be aligned against Barça, for an already essential match in the race for the knockout stages. As a reminder, Inter and Barça each have three points after two Champions League matches. The winner would therefore take a real option to qualify. Match to follow Tuesday at 9 p.m., at the San Siro stadium.

⚠️ Lautaro acabó ‘tocado’ el partido ante la Roma y se puede sumar a las bajas de Lukaku y Brozovic par medirse al Barça https://t.co/0PhAzS4Wez

— Mundo Deportivo (@mundodeportivo) October 2, 2022