SA Jordi Alba He did not like the performance of the referee Lukasz Szpala in the defeat and departure of Inter Miami against Atlanta United, in the first round of the MLS playoffs (2-3), which against all odds left the team of Tata Martino in any probability won the title. The Catalan full-back was furious with the referee and sent him off. “You’re crazy, you’re rude…” he told her twice on the same playing field.
Later, Alba regretted, in the mixed zone, the elimination of the team and the modality of the competition, which in this case left the best team of the regular season: “We have been the most consistent team, destroyed the points record, but what ” We want to win this playoff.” “I’m not going to change the format now, but it seems a little unfair to me. It’s been done this way for years, obviously. But if you ask me, I think I have to be the champion of one conference against the champion of another.”
Afterwards, he had words of praise for Atlanta United, who qualified: “Congratulations to the rival team, who competed very well against us, we already know their weapons. The goalkeeper (Brad Guzan) is very good, we “He stopped everything and more and clearly marked the tie. We did things well but others were not good.”
“It’s a complicated day, we didn’t expect this. For me it’s difficult. We have to evaluate everything, but from within I think we lacked more success and more control over our counters. We deserved more goals in the three games, especially in the second and in the third.”
Source: La Verdad
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