This Saturday, Inter Miami will play the Leagues Cup final against Nashville FC, which could mark Lionel Messi’s first title in the United States.
The coach of Inter Miami, Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino spoke at a press conference and said: “I value the place we come from a lot. In soccer, much less in this case, there is no word invincibleIt seems to me that it does not apply in this case, it does not apply in any, the games must be played and must be shown throughout 90 minutes, it is not enough to speak in the preview and it is not enough to show in the background”.
And he highlighted: “We have been a team that in each of the games, beyond the fact that at some point we ended up winning comfortably, we have suffered and we can make a team that has a chance of winning and we can also easily be a team that cannot win the finalIn this situation of playing on the road with all the people supporting Nashville, undoubtedly we are going to feel the fact of playing on the road and that puts the chances of the two teams on an equal footing”.
Martino commented on the moment Messi arrived: “The most important example is what he said at a press conference, he and his family are happy to be here and it shows. A few days ago the coach of the National Team said that when he is happy he is capable of doing very beautiful things and this is what happens ”.
On the arrival of Messi, Busquets and Jordi Alba indicated: “I prefer something that each of the three mentioned when they arrived, that they came to compete and achieve things. This is a league that in the United States probably doesn’t have the pressure that basketball or baseball or the NFL does, the demand is on oneself, and when you find players with tremendous experience who still want to demand themselves, what they still want to compete and want to win, any coach with all this situation finds it much easier”.
Martino calm with his future
The Argentine coach reflected on the tournament in general and how he sees its future: “I reiterate something I said a few weeks ago, when the way in which the tournament will be played is negotiated or discussed, what should be discussed is discussed and when they agree, it is played that way. That said, I think it’s only fair that a tournament can be played where the United States teams can be local and visitors, that they must travel as the Mexican teams have done. Some logistical issues would have to be reviewed so that all the teams go through the same situation ”, he declared.
Martino already lifted an MLS title when he directed Atlanta United, so he gave his opinion on the comparison of both.
And closed: “Obviously winning a league of thirty-something games with play-offs, something that lasts all year and is the main competition in the United StatesIt was a valuable title and the characteristic or importance of this title has to do with the situation the team was in and what could happen in a short time. I think that I would not seek to find which one is more relevant, but rather how one differs from the other, always understanding the possibility of winning the title tomorrow, something that remains to be seen”.
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