Monterrey is preparing for a momentous match: this Wednesday it will receive in its stadium Inter Miamiof Lionel Messifor the return of the quarterfinals of the Concachampionsthe main club tournament in Central and North America and the Caribbean. For this reason, the authorities planned a strict security operation, which included recommendations for the fans of the Mexican club. One of them is key in the presence of the captain of the Argentine national team, world champion in Qatar 2022: “Anyone who enters the field will be arrested”.
In this sense, the Aztec press warned that supporters who access the grass to try to take a selfie with a soccer player – the most requested is always La Pulga – They will be sanctioned by the club and will not be able to attend Liga MX matches. A kind of right of admission, as occurs with the violent on the Argentine soccer fields. In addition, the Mexican club asked its fans a series of requirements for the meeting: arrive early, put on the team t-shirt, enjoy the preview, show the digital or printed ticket at the controls and participate in the light show. Monterrey, directed by the Argentine Fernando Ortiz and with his compatriots Esteban Andrada, Jorge Rodriguez, Maximiliano Meza y German Berterame On the squad, he wants to make the Florida franchise feel home, which will arrive with all its stars. The meeting will begin at 11:30 p.m., Argentina time, and those led by Gerardo “Tata” Martino They will have to overcome the 2-1 defeat suffered in the first leg, in which Messi did not play due to being injured.
“He’s finehe felt good after playing 45 minutes per league (MLS) last Saturday, we have today’s training left, after that we will see, but apparently the injury is being left behind, which is the most important thing“said the Argentine coach regarding the Rosario’s participation in Wednesday’s momentous match. La Pulga traveled with the delegation to Aztec territory and was seen doing work in small spaces with Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets and Luis Suárezrecreating some training with the Barcelona shirt.
It will be the return of “Tata” to Mexicowhose team he coached between 2019 and 2022, after a fruitful period as coach of Atlanta United, in the American MLS. “The desire is the same as that of my players to try to reverse the result and access another instance of Concachampions, but professional soccer takes you and brings you to many places and in this case after not long I have to return to Mexico“said Tata in the press conference prior to the game this Wednesday.
Given the obvious question about the controversy with Fernando Ortiz (DT from Monterrey) and his assistant, also Argentine Nicolas SanchezMartino threw the ball out: “It occurs to me that tomorrow’s game (for today) is so nice and generates so much excitement, at least that’s what happens to us, It’s a shame to talk about things that don’t involve football.“It doesn’t seem like something worthwhile or even appropriate to me,” said Tata. The repercussions of an alleged clash in the locker room area of Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale They flooded the sports pages. An audio of Sánchez in which he recounted Messi’s rage went viral. And it remains to be seen if the Miami franchise does not receive some financial sanction from Concacaf.
In this sense, Martino also referred to Messi’s eventual thirst for revenge in relation to what happened in the first leg. And he ruled out that this motivates the Argentine star even more: “When it comes to someone like him and who competes in the way he has competed since he was 16 or 17 years old (and I’m talking about the professional level) He doesn’t need any extra or special situation, he absolutely competes that way because he competes that way.”said Martino. And he added: “The day I stop feeling it I would leave football, the situation I am in, the league I am in, a friendly, in a decisive match like tomorrow, I don’t see that I am going to face it in any other way than to compete. to the limit of possibilities, That’s what we hope for the entire team, not just him.“, completed the Rosario coach.
Thus, the probable Inter Miami team for tonight is the following: Drake Callender; Tomás Avilés, Nicolás Freire and Noah Allen; Marcelo Weigandt, Julian Gressel, Sergio Busquets, Diego Gómez and Jordi Alba: Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez, with a tactical device that will be hyper-offensive: 3-5-2. Inter Miami and Martino have no margin for error: only victory helps them continue towards the goal of winning the Concachampions. AND qualify for the first 32-team club World Cup in history, which will be played in 2025 in the United States.