Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martinocoach of Inter Miamifeatured this Friday Leo Messi, who requested a change due to injury in the last game for those in pink, knows when he should “stop” and how he needs to dose his physical efforts. “For me, his experience gives him the ability, even within a game and with a high heart rate, to know when to stop, when to say enough, when to be careful,” explained of the media coach.
“It seems very careful to me that at this point in his career he is doing it more than before. About this, and I say this for everyone, we want to see Leo on the courts more time and in that sense I need him to help “And it’s good for me that he knows that there are times when you have to stop, as he said, I think, after the game (Argentina) in Ecuador,” he added.
As expected, Martino confirmed that both Messi and Jordi Alba, who were substituted on Wednesday in the first half of the duel against Toronto (4-0 for Inter Miami), will miss the MLS match against Orlando City on Sunday. “Leo is dealing with the issue of his old scar. Jordi is suffering from muscle fatigue. And every day we will check it,” he said.
When asked how this “pelat” affects the 10 of the albiceleste, Martino, acknowledging that he is not a doctor, suggested that it is a matter of discomfort rather than disease. “The scar is disturbing, I don’t know if it hurts. The truth is I have no idea, that is probably something much more medical for me to give an explanation… But I do know that it is likely that those scars bother and don’t allow , perhaps even mentally, to be free to play a game,” he argued.
In the rush of constantly climbing the positions to reach the MLS playoffs, the new edition of this Florida derby will take place just three days before Inter Miami faces a new final, because on Wednesday it will be played at home to . Only the US Open Cup title against the Houston Dynamo.
In the league, Inter Miami is thirteenth in the East with 31 points after 28 games while DC United, who is ninth (the last place that gives access to the playoffs), has 36 points after 30 games and this weekend will host the New York Red Bulls (fourteenth in both conferences) in their field.
Source: La Verdad
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