The Inter Miami coach valued Argentina’s power and put his chips on two other teams. Also, he threw flowers at Lionel Messi.
Colombia and Uruguay They are favorites along with the world champion Argentina to win the 2024 United States Copa América – the highest tournament in the soccer continental that began on Thursday – considered Gerardo Martino. “I would lean towards Uruguay and Colombia,” said ‘Tata’ when asked about his candidates to win the continental competition.
“Unlike other cups, there are several teams outside of Argentina and Brazil that are very good, with a lot of potential and willing to fight for the title, so I think it’s going to be nice” the Copa América, added the current trainer Inter Miami.
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The ‘Tata’, 61 years old, lost three finals of America Cup as a coach: Argentina 2011 with Paraguay against Uruguay and Chile 2015 and Centenario 2016, both against Chile at the head of the Albiceleste team. “It is a great attraction” that the Copa América is held in the United States, he continued Gerardo Martino. “The cup is very nice and especially this one that has the best teams in Central America, the truth is it is a very nice competition, it will be played in a packed stadium.”
How he sees Lionel Messi
Argentina and Canada They will open the curtain of the America Cup this Thursday at the Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, in a Group A match, which completes Chili and Peru. When asked about how he saw Lionel Messiwhom he has in his ranks at Inter Miami, to face the highest continental soccer tournament, Gerardo Martino He said that “he will play with the peace of mind of what he has achieved.”
“It seems to me that the fact of having fulfilled that objective (winning the Copa América in 2021 and the World Cup in Qatar in 2022) frees the footballers and they begin to be seen in their best expression”, commented the former coach of Newell’s and Barcelona. And he finished: “Obviously Leo (Messi) like the entire Argentine team has a position within each match, whether friendly or official, it is a team that is difficult to think about how they are going to lose a match”.
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