Argentine forward of Inter Milan from Italy, Lautaro Martínez, opened the score in the 2-1 victory against Kairat Almaty of Kazakhstan within the fourth matchday of the UEFA Champions League league phase and became the fourth Argentine with the most goals in the history of the continental tournament.
This Wednesday at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium, the team of Romanian coach Christian Chivu received the modest Kazakh side, which was in 34th place with a single point. The former Racing player shares the position with Hernán Crespo, a forward who wore the shirt of Milan, Chelsea of England, among others.
Ahead of Martínez and Crespo are Sergio Agüero with 41 goals, the Spanish-nationalized star Alfredo Di Stéfano with 49 goals, and the unreachable Lionel Messi with 129 goals.
Meanwhile, at the Tofiq Bəhramov adına Respublika stadium in Azerbaijan, English Chelsea drew 2-2 with Qarabag with a goal from the Spanish-Argentine Alejandro Garnacho, in the 8th minute of the second half.
On the left side of the Kairat Almaty area, the Dutchman Denzel Dumfries sent a cross to the penalty spot that was met with a header by Sebastiano Esposito and bounced off a Kazakh defender, leaving the ball to Martínez who shot, it bounced off another defender but came back to him, and he ended up scoring the 1-0 against the goalkeeper Temirlan Anarbekov's dive to the far post.
In the second half, Israeli Ofri Amad equalized the game in the 10th minute and Brazilian Carlos Augusto scored the winning goal for Inter Milan in the 22nd minute.
With this result, Chivu's team finished first in the table with 12 points, alongside German Bayern Munich and English Arsenal.
The victory was a double celebration for the Argentine Martínez because, with this goal that opened the game, he reached 25 goals and became the fourth top-scoring Argentine in the history of the UEFA Champions League.
Meanwhile, the home side needed three points to climb to the top of the table. The black and blue team opened the scoring in the 45th minute of the first half with their captain and star striker, the Argentine Lautaro Martínez.
