Javier MascheranoTechnician of the Inter Miamihe extolled this Wednesday The sacrifice of its players in 0-1 against Sporting Kansas City In a game with a goal of Lionel Messi and that was disputed with extreme temperatures around -15 degrees Celsius with thermal sensation of -21.
“I am very proud of the players because I think it is impossible to play in these conditions. It is not human,” said Mascherano at a press conference. “So I am very proud of them because they gave me one hundred percent with intensity, with a lot of attitude. We are happy, we are halfway to qualify and now to try to rest after a very difficult game for us,” he added.
The coach, who debuted in an official match with Inter Miami, acknowledged that he had never lived “such a cold situation.” “We did not feel, especially the extremities of the body … there comes a time when I did not feel them. We talked to the players and the same thing happened to them. It is very difficult when at the five-day minutes you no longer start feeling the Feet, the hands, “he described.
“And of course, in the end football is a sport where you need a certain sensitivity and if you do not have it it is very difficult to develop your game. I think we adapt thanks to the attitude of the players, who have had a barbaric personality to play this Type of matches knowing that we were going to fight it, to fight it, that many times the conditions of the field, on the hard floor, for everything that had snowed, was going to be annoying. Result that is obviously very important for us, “he added.
Have Messi, a luxury for Mascherano
In addition, Mascherano bowed to Messi’s goal, which he described as “fantastic.” “Perhaps for the people we know it is normal because they have done things like this thousand times, but we are very lucky to have him in our team,” he acknowledged. Finally, the coach insisted that a priority for his Inter Miami is “being well organized defensively, trying not to give too many spaces to the rival and adapt to each rival that will touch us.”
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“I think the team never lost the form, it was always organized, he knew how Go ahead, we have people who usually make a difference, “he argued.
