Jordi Alba: “We are convinced that we can win titles”

Jordi Alba He assured this Tuesday that the Inter Miami is “a great team” with very good footballers, but he warned that the team he leads Lionel Messi need to prove his worth on the field for the new season of MLS.

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“I think it will be difficult”

“We are a good team and it is true that there are many famous players, but that does not mean anything. We have to show it on the field of play. I think it will be difficult. I hope we win. all titles, always I’m saying that. But it won’t be easy at all,” said the Spanish player in a press conference.

“I understand the enthusiasm of the fans, I understand the expectations that the team has, but we have to show it on the field of play and I think we are on the right track,” he added.

He Inter Miami uncorks the new MLS campaign this Wednesday in a home match against Royal Salt Lake to be played from 8:00 pm The rest of the first day of the 2024 season will be played between Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th.

As he Inter Miami As the Royal Salt Lake They will do a double this first week, as the Florida team will also play Sunday at home against LA Galaxy while the Utah team will face Saturday and away from home the St. Louis City.

sunrisewhich arrived last summer with the Messi and Sergio Busquetsdefended that the pink outfit has “improved a lot” in recent months.

First title

He Inter Miami won the first edition of the Leagues Cup last year, but an injury to Messi causing him to miss several regular season games. MLS and the group he leads Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino was left out of the MLS Cup playoffs and also lost in the US Open Cup final against Houston Dynamo.

It’s included Luis Suarez in the template, completing the ‘entertainment’ of FC Barcelona in Florida, sunrise He pointed out that his rivals will have “extra motivation” when they play in the match Messi and company. “It happened to me in Barcelona and it will happen to me here,” he said.

Finally, the left back highlighted that Messi, Suárez, Busquets and he himself maintains the ambition to “keep winning and keep competing” after their years of success together in Barça.

“We are convinced that we can win titles, that we can also continue to learn from the players who have been in MLS the longest and also, from our experience, try to help the youngest players,” he said .

“We have won many titles but we want to keep winning, we want to keep fighting and we can see that in training and in the games. We have always been like this and until the day we play we will be like this,” he added. sunrise.