One Shot & Then Nothing – Inter Milan Captain’s Brilliant 2025 Comes To A Screeching Halt Vs Fiorentina | OneFootball

Nerazzurri captain Lautaro Martinez saw his brilliant 2025 come to a screeching halt in yesterday’s Serie A clash between Fiorentina and Inter Milan.

The player ratings for the match across Italian media gave the Argentine lacklustre scores, as highlighted by TuttoMercatoWeb.

Inter captain Lautaro Martinez has seemed to be making up for lost time at the start of January.

Having endured a real goal drought over the first half of the season, the 27-year-old had been scoring freely throughout January.

Getting the talismanic captain back on the scoresheet like that was exactly what Inter needed.

Lautaro Martinez Sees Brilliant 2025 Come To A Halt In Fiorentina 3-0 Inter

But against Fiorentina, Martinez’s performance looked far more like the indifferent displays that he’d been turning in throughout the autumn.

Within a few minutes of kickoff, the Inter captain did show a few positive signs.

MILAN, ITALY – NOVEMBER 26: Lautaro Martinez of FC Internazionale looks on during the warm up prior to the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD5 match between FC Internazionale Milano and RB Leipzig at Stadio San Siro on November 26, 2024 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

Martinez stung the palms of Fiorentina keeper David De Gea with an accurate and powerful shot from range.

But after that, there was little of note from the Nerazzurri captain.

Martinez’s movement was not incisive or explosive enough around the penalty area. He could not get the better of Fiorentina centre-backs Luca Ranieri and Marin Pongracic.