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Martinez eyes Champions League and World Cup double

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Inter Milan striker Lautaro Martinez is determined to seize the moment as he looks to follow up his World Cup triumph with Champions League success.The Italian side take on favourites Manchester City for Europe's top prize in Istanbul on Saturday and Martinez is hoping to round off a memorable campaign that also saw him help Argentina to international success in December.Martinez said at a press conference at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium: "These are the two major finals a footballer can play."It has certainly been a very positive season for me.

I am pleased with how it has gone and how I have done. Now we hope to finish off in the best possible way."If you want to achieve your goal this is the very last step and we must be ready to take it.

It will be a very important game for everyone at Inter and the club."Saturday's match will see Martinez come up against his Argentina team-mate Julian Alvarez, with whom he shared glory in Qatar.Martinez said: "I have not been in contact with Julian.

I got married recently and invited him but he was unable to attend."Inter, who finished third in Serie A, are rated as the underdogs against a City side bidding to complete a treble.Coach Simeone Inzaghi said: "After reaching the final we didn't have time to think about it as we still had games to play."Only now are we realising what we have achieved but we are not relaxed.

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