The Argentine coach pointed out that they had already talked a week ago and had agreed that Sunday was the game where he had to rest. He flatly ruled out all types of injuries to the player.
The coach of Inter Miami from the United States, Gerardo Martino, explained that the absence of the Argentine star Lionel Messi in the match with Montreal for Major League Soccer (MLS) It was because “I had to rest” and not because of any discomfort as was revealed when it was learned that he had been left off the squad list.
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“We talked about it about a week ago and we agreed that this was the game where I had to rest, regardless of what happened in the game with Nashville,” Martino said.


“I think we deserved to win the game, in the long run we deserved to win it. And what I believe and worry about is that we are a team that does not defend hard in the moments it has to defend, whether in moving ball or in still ball,” the coach concluded. .
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Lionel Messi’s great gesture. Despite not having played, he signed autographs for the Montreal players and even signed an Argentine national team shirt.
Inter Miami lost 3 to 2 with Montreal without the Rosario, who will start again next Wednesday in the second leg of the round of 16 of the CONCACAF Champions Cup after the 2-2 draw in the first leg against Nashville.
After suffering it from the stands, Messi had a great gesture with the rival players: he took photos and one achieved something special: Mathieu Choinière, Canadian, got Leo to sign a National Team shirt for him
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