Italian football continues to evolve and with the arrival of top forwards like Cristiano Ronaldo, Romelu Lukaku y Zlatan Ibrahimovic the League becomes more and more striking. In the club of the top scorers is a Colombian. Luis Fernando Muriel adds 15 goals this season and entered the top 3 club.
The difference between the 29-year-old attacker is that he has only started 10 games out of the 23 he has played. He always enters as an alternative and manages to comply. He is one of the strikers with the best effectiveness in Europe with 0.65 goals per game.
Now he will have a key duel against the leaders of Serie A and the highest-scoring team in the championship. Atalanta dreams of staying in the group of those classified for the Champions League and continue to be the protagonist. If he achieved a victory, he would reach third place.
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The scorers head to head at Giuseppe Meazza
Romelu Lukaku is second in the scorers’ table with 18 goals, the Belgian forward has an ERA of 0.75 goal per game. This season he has recovered his best version and for Conte it is fixed. His power is essential in Inter Milan’s attack, as he is not only second in the fight to be the Capocannoniere also in goal assists in Serie A . So far it adds up to 8.
The 27-year-old attacker faces Luis Muriel who has found his best version in Atalanta. He is a modern ‘9’ who can also play as a second striker or thrown to a band to cut from the outside in. Both Lukaku and the Colombian when they have spaces in speed are intractable.
They ask for doublets or hat-tricks a Muriel
“He’s constant, he always scores a goal and never doubles or hat-tricks. He missed a couple of easys tonight (against Crotone). Muriel can and should improve her scoring record. He has had opportunities, he always gives the feeling of being satisfied when he has scored“was the request of Gian Piero Gasperini to Luis Muriel. This season he has two doubles, one against Crotone and the other against Bologna. If he could score his first hat-trick, he would equal Lukaku in the scorers’ table.
Muriel – Duván vs Lukaku – Lautaro
Everything seems to indicate that Conte and Gasperini will go out to impose their conditions and their best men on the court. The Inter Milan attack has Lukaku and Lautaro, although if the Argentine were not there, Alexis Sánchez would play, which last date scored a double. Either of the two South Americans gets on in a great way with the Belgian. They know when to open spaces or when to hold back. Their movements have them as the highest scoring attack with 62 goals.
Atalanta is the second highest scoring team with 60 annotations. The last times that the two Colombian forwards have been on the court, the goals have not been lacking. The best match in the Duván-Muriel formula was against Napoli where they scored goals and gave assists. A total show that was admired by Italy.
Muriel and his goals against Inter Milan
The Colombian in his 10 years in Italy, has scored 4 goals against Inter Milan, however, none have been with Atalanta. One was with Fiorentina, another with Sampdoria, Udinese and Lecce, the latter was the only one at Giuseppe Meazza. That goal was on December 21, 2011, the match ended 4-1 against, Nevertheless, the scoring was of great quality, hooking two rivals in the area and sending a powerful shot to defeat Julio César.
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