The brand new Argentine coach of the Leagues Cup champion team highlighted the presence of the ten, as well as the arrivals of Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets: “They came to compete and they had to win.”
The coach of the Inter Miami, Gerardo Martinohighlighted the importance of having in the team Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba and assured that “they give it identity” to the team that has just been consecrated champion of the Leagues Cup.
The tranquility of having Lionel Messi in the team
“It’s like reassessing Lionel, there’s no greater praise than saying he’s the best in the worldfor which he does game after game and in some way what he expressed is very important. He came to win, he came to compete, Busquets and Alba said the same thing. They came to compete and they had to win”stated the Argentine DT.
And he added: “They give the team an identity, so what I have to do is accompany the characteristics of the three of them and add it to the rest”.
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When talking about the match in which Inter Miami defeated Nashville 10-9 on penalties and became champion, Martino revealed: “It was a very complicated one, where in addition to the rival, we have their people who made themselves felt. The tie was definitely good, they had their chances, we had the play of Leo Bell. The same thing in penalties, but it was our turn.”
The goal of improving for the next competition
Lastly, the former coach of Newell’s clarified what should continue to be improved with a view to next competition: “It is true that there is in us a deficit in the passing gamebut it is also true that in the last two games they gave us rebound goals, dirty balls”.
“Yeah Nashville It had to tie, it was not that way, so if we had been able to spend more than that second half, surely we would have more spaces to go out on a counterattack and be able to convert”, he concluded.
Looking ahead, Gerardo Martino knows that he league cup title gave to inter miami direct pass to round of 16 of the Concacaf Champions Cuptournament to which they also classified Nashville and Philadelphia Union, who earlier thrashed 3-0 to Monterrey of Mexico in the match for third place.
The The first three places in the Leagues Cup earned their ticket to the Concacaf Champions Cup.
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