Inter Miami CF head coach Xavier Mantrano said that he changed the game plan after goalkeeper Oscar razor A red card was received in the first half of the match against Charlotte FC at Chess Stadium, prevention Lionel Messi From coming out of the bench as an alternative.
Matherano said after the match, “The reality is that in the case of Leo we probably thought of giving him a minute in the game.” “But since the game was played less with a man, and keeping in mind the time that he has without playing, we thought the best thing is to preserve it. We did not want to put it at risk.”
The razor was sent in the 35th minute for a dishonesty on Charlot. Wilfred Zaha In a situation where Zaha had a clear path for the target.
For the first time since 25 February, Messi was included in the Inter Miami team. He missed out on matches against Houston Dynamo FC and Cavalier FC due to load management.
Mascherano made it clear last week that Messi did not face any kind of injury, but needed to relax to avoid any future complications.
Despite the absence of his star player, Miami managed to win without Messi for the third time. Team defeated Charlot 1-0 Tado alande In the 46th minute, before protecting well to avoid accepting a equalizer.
“I want to have flexibility. Try to move forward,” said Mascherano. “I think today we have shown a lot of team spirit. We need to continue in this way. Keep working together, work hard. We may know that we may believe that we think we are good and beautiful. We are wrong. We are wrong. We need to move forward.”
Inter Miami, who has not lost a game in all competitions this season, is now preparing to travel to Jamaica for the second phase of the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round -Off -16 series against Cavalier. Miami leads the series 2–0 after defeating Cavalier in the first phase at Chess Stadium on 6 March.
“This is a long season for us. We have a difficult game on Thursday. It will be difficult, difficult in Jamaica,” Mascherano said. “So we have to be ready. It is not easy. We are playing every three, four days. We are tired. The squad is not very long. We have some injuries, but we keep moving forward.
“In football, we have two ways: excuses or results. And we have to choose the result.”