Javier Mascheranocoach of Inter Miami, Lionel Messi’s competitive spirit praised on Wednesday, which scored two goals for his 3-1 team in front of Los Angeles FC In the quarterfinals of LA champions Cup of Concacaf (3-2 in the global). “It is the soul of this team. There is no doubt about that,” said the Argentine coach in the press conference.
“Sometimes I get uncomfortable in talking about him because I’ve been a partner for 20 years and now I have to help him at this stage of coach. He is a boy who already did everything in football. He is the greatest in the story and is still giving an example of how to compete, he continues to mark the way and guide the new generations. Beyond having won everything, until the last day he plays inside a court he will want to win and will do the impossible for it.
After the 1-0 of the first leg, Inter Miami turned to the epic in the return and, after fitting 0-1 in the 10th minute, turned the tie with three goals: two from Messi (one penalty) and one from Noah Allen. “In the end one day you earn and one day you lose, that is the reality of the sport. But if I have to lose I want to lose, in this way, with the players giving everything, going forward with mistakes and difficulties because the game was very difficult, especially the first part,” Mascherano explained.
“But we gave a plus. We wanted to be in Semis and I think that was noticed. With mistakes and successes, in the end I think we wish more than they, we wanted it more and we ended up achieving it. For this type of comeback the fate has to be on your side and we had it (…). But that’s why football is so nice: because chance plays a more important role than in other sports. The currency fell on our side,” he added.
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The coach emphasized that his players, although the situation became very complicated, “believed they could turn him around and demonstrated it.” “In the second part they made a great game. The team played it as these matches are played: as a final, in a rival field. And where the technique, quality or football does not arrive, the heart, desire and illusion have to arrive,” he said.
