The Argentinian Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino assured this Thursday, in his presentation press conference as the new coach of between miamiwho talked to the Argentine Lionel Messi and the Spanish Sergio Busquets and that they agree to the challenge of “coming to Miami to be successful” and stress that in their mind there is no “luxury of not competing.”
“We may be in different places, but the way to run this race is the same. Yesterday I spoke with Sergio, and when we spoke with Leo, we talked about having success, competing, competing well.. That happens to us even on a personal level. Sometimes Miami is associated with vacations, we want to compete,” said Martino at the press conference held at the DVR PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale (USA).
“They came from world champions, Spanish league champions, They are not footballers who come here not to competethey will not give themselves luxury because they carry it in their blood,” he added.
Martino has already trained Messi at Barcelona in the academic year of 2013-2014 and in the national team of Argentina (2014-2016). He also played with Busquets during his time at Barcelona.
The Argentine coach stressed that the negotiations to direct the between miami They started before the club closed the signing of Messi and Busquets, incorporations that the coach described as “gifts”.
“I started the conversation earlier Messi and Busquets and then the thing about Leo and Sergio started, it started later. This opportunity has always looked attractive to me,” he said.
In Messi in the middle, a brain like Busquets and the experience of ‘Tata’ Martino on the bench, the club aims to take its football to another galaxy and leave an unforgettable start to the season, which sees it bottom in the MLS East , with seven consecutive defeats, a massive defensive fragility and a forward averaging less than a goal per game.
“People are always asking for an immediate result. The circumstances are what they are. Now we have a problem, I told the players that now we are part of the problem and hopefully soon we will be part of the solution. There is we have high expectations. We probably need a whileMartin thought.
“In 2023 there are great challenges. One is to see if we can reach the ‘playoffs’, now it looks like something far away, but as long as we have opportunities we cannot stop trying. The US Open Cup sees us in a privileged position (semifinals) and there is also a new cup (the Leagues Cup between MLS and Liga MX clubs) that gives us great enthusiasm,” he continued.
Martino insists that he loves MLS, because of the different weather conditions, because of its regulations when it comes to transfers (with a salary cap) and because of his constant ambition for growth.
“That the best player in the world (referring to Messi) decided to come and play in this league will open a new panorama“, he thought.
We will have to wait for the debut of Martino, Messi and Busquets, as the club is finalizing the process to get their work visas.
“Everything has been delivered, we are working on the visa, hopefully in the next five or six days he will be able to work,” said Chris Henderson, Inter Miami sports director.
“About Leo, we are working with the documentation, it will take a while, but we are confident that in the middle or end of July he will be able to play, depending on the documentation,” he added.
Martino, 60, already has experience in MLS, having coached at atlanta is united in his first two years in the league and won the 2018 MLS Cup.
In Messi and Busquets within Barcelona, Martino won the Spanish Super Cup. The Argentine lost the final of the Copa del Rey against real Madrid at the Mestalla, when Welshman Gareth Bale scored one of the best goals of his Madrid days, and finished second in the Liga, which Atlético Madrid won.
In addition, the Argentine coach coached Messi from 2014 to 2016 in the Albiceleste team. He reached two consecutive Copa América finals, both losses against Chile. His record in Argentina ended with twenty wins, five losses and four draws.
Source: La Verdad
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