Javier MascheranoInter Miami coach, he showed himself this Sunday very critical of his team’s performance after falling 4-1 against Orlando City in an injured match Lionel Messi.
“Football is easy. Sometimes we do it more complex than it is. When you are not one hundred percent, any team nakes you. Today there was only one team, which was Orlando“He said in a press conference.
“We do not play with the intensity that this game needs to be played and we were clearly overcome from the first minute to the last (…). Very hurt, very worried. But above all, it leaves us thinking that if we really want to compete, this is not the way. Sorry, but This is not the way “, added.
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Mascherano said to be “the head responsible” From the result, he pointed out that he “hurts a lot” the image that the team gave in Orlando and stressed that there are no tired excuses because his rival tonight had also previously played in the CUP Leagues.
“Football is tactical, it is organization, it is talent. But, do you also know what it is? That in one against one I be better than you. And to have hunger, the desire that you are not going to overcome me. Today we clearly did not have it,” he said.
“Unfortunately it hurts me a lot because you can lose, they can overcome you, but I think Today the team did not have the tone And the intensity that the game needed, “he added.
Finally, the coach hoped that this bulky defeat is “a hinge game” for the remainder of the season.
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“What do we want to be? What we had been or today? When we lower the throttle foot a littleany team hurts you and any team surpasses you. It will depend on us, especially on me, to convince players that this cannot happen again, “he closed.
The Colombian Luis Muriel With a double, the Argentine Martín Ojeda and Marco Pašalić They marked for the team directed by the Colombian Óscar Couple. Orlando City had already defeated Inter Miami 0-3 last May.
This defeat leaves Inter Miami as sixth of the East Conference with 42 points in 23 matches. Philadelphia Union is the leader of that conference with 51 points in 26 games.
For its part, Orlando City advanced to Inter Miami and is now Eastern Fourth with 44 points in 26 matches.
