{"id":34790,"date":"2025-10-02T15:45:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=34790"},"modified":"2025-10-02T15:45:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:45:43","slug":"martinez-strikes-again-as-inter-grind-out-win-at-cagliari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/martinez-strikes-again-as-inter-grind-out-win-at-cagliari\/","title":{"rendered":"Mart\u00ednez strikes again as Inter grind out win at Cagliari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/team\/inter\/Iw7eKK25\/\"><b>Inter<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Milan moved level on points with Serie A\u2019s top four after a gritty 2-0 victory at Cagliari. Lautaro Mart\u00ednez opened the scoring with his 12th goal in 12 games against the Sardinian side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Inter showed their intent early. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/player\/calhanoglu-hakan\/IRQeP5FJ\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hakan Calhanoglu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019s elbow in a second-minute aerial challenge set the tone as the visitors pressed high and denied Cagliari space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mart\u00ednez struck in the ninth minute, heading in Alessandro Bastoni\u2019s precise cross. Cagliari struggled to respond. Sebastiano Esposito wasted a decent free-kick, while midfielders Michael Folorunsho and Alessandro Deiola were sloppy in possession.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mart\u00ednez and Marcus Thuram kept testing the home defence, but <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/team\/cagliari\/SCGVmKHb\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cagliari<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> clung on to reach half-time only a goal down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inter Milan moved level on points with Serie A\u2019s top four after a gritty 2-0 victory at Cagliari. Lautaro Mart\u00ednez opened the scoring with his 12th goal in 12 games against the Sardinian side. Inter showed their intent early. Hakan Calhanoglu\u2019s elbow in a second-minute aerial challenge set the tone as the visitors pressed high and denied Cagliari space. Mart\u00ednez struck in the ninth minute, heading in Alessandro Bastoni\u2019s precise cross. Cagliari struggled to respond. Sebastiano Esposito wasted a decent free-kick, while midfielders Michael Folorunsho and Alessandro Deiola were sloppy in possession. Mart\u00ednez and Marcus Thuram kept testing the home defence, but Cagliari clung on to reach half-time only a goal down. &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":30787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[219,159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-champions-league-football-news","category-football-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mart\u00ednez strikes again as Inter grind out win at Cagliari - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mart\u00ednez\u2019s early header sets Inter on course for a hard-fought away win. 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