In a match with a Lionel Messi superlative, author of one goal and five assists, and where Luis Suarez He also showed off with a hattrickthe Paraguayan Matias Rojas He stood out with just 45 minutes on the court, with a key double to come back and beat the New York Red Bullsby MLSand then he was full of praise for the world champion, whom he described as The best in history”.
The Guarani winger, who landed after a stint in Brazil, He expressed his feelings about what it meant to him to play alongside Leo and the responsibility that comes with accompanying La Pulga on the field.
“It’s a big responsibility. I think there are two paths, either it sinks you or it leaves you high. In my opinion it is the best in history, so one carries the weight internally. He is not aware of that weight, but one internally feels it. It’s trying to leave it to him, and he will solve it for you. In my second goal, the ball was in front of me. I didn’t expect the step. It makes it a lot easier for you.”he said after the game.
Furthermore, about how he adapted to the team and how he felt within the group since his arrival in Miami, he said: “I felt good with the entire team since I arrived. A spectacular group of people and that helps off the field. Today in the first home game, when I had a little more minutes, “I felt very good with him (Messi) and the whole team.”
To close, regarding the objectives of Inter Miami, current leader with 24 points, with one more game than its runner-up Cincinnati (21), he assured: “This team is here to compete. The four references we have demand that of us and we are behind to give them a hand, to learn, to be a pillar behind them. “We are going to compete until the end.”
Martino after Messi’s assist show: “Leo did something historic”
Messi show. Inter Miami Show. After a generally weak first half, number 10 appeared in all his splendor to guide his team to victory. Decisive in the 6-2 against New York Red Bulls for a new MLS date. Once again, already accustomed to having had it in Barcelona and the National Team, Tata Martino surrendered at the feet of the best in the world.
“Messi always makes the difference. The partnership between him and Luis worked well as in the old days. When the team is capable of supporting you in the game, with spaces… They were very influential in the game. There’s a reason the league has MVP players. He is ours. When he is missing, the team obviously feels it,” the coach noted.
Asked about other brilliant games of the 10 under his tutelage, Martino recalled: “In Barcelona he has had exceptional games. I remember a semi against Paraguay for the Copa América in Chile, where he did not score goals, but he was the best on the field. With Valencia, where we lost 2-0 and he scored three goals. Another game with Sevilla, where we had a bad time, we lost 1-0 and won 4-1 and I think he scored three goals. It’s redundant to talk about him, he always seems to do something new. He had an impact on the team’s six goals. It’s going to be difficult to see him again.” Another pampering.
At the same time, he explained why at the time they decided to preserve him (ed: so as not to aggravate a muscle injury) in the first leg of the quarterfinals against Monterrey for Concachampions: “We were running with the times that the match with Monterrey meant. It was prudent for him not to play the first game, we were taking a very big risk. It was, perhaps, that what happened happenedas for our elimination, but a big risk of losing it. The times that the doctors requested were respected, there were long weeks, he was able to strengthen the area and it is getting better.”
And when it came to choosing the best of the six goals, Tata stated: “What a difficult question! Everyone had a phenomenal impact. Leo probably did something historic, with five assists and a goal in the league. I can’t forget Luis’s three goals, Matías’s two, great goals. “Because of Leo’s technical gesture and pass, I’ll stick with Luis’ scissors goal.”
