International Soccer
Rayados coach leaves behind controversy with Messi, but sends him a message: “Let him worry about us”
Fernando Ortiz, coach of Monterrey that hosts Inter Miami in the Concachampions, left behind the controversy of the first leg with Messi and believes that as soon as the match starts in Mexico, the Rosario player will be “just another player.”
Messi in his MLS match against the Colorado Rapids. (Free Press Photo: AFP)
“It will be a game of many emotions for my players because they will play a game against the best in the world. They must be clear that it will be a satisfaction, but once the game starts Messi will become one more“, expressed Fernando Ortiz, Argentine coach who directs the Rayados de Monterrey this Tuesday, April 9, in a press conference a little more than 24 hours before the vital duel against Inter Miami for the second leg of the Copa de Copa quarterfinals. Concacaf Champions.
The coach also indicated that despite everything that happened in the first leg, where Rayados won 1-2 and there was an altercation with Messi, he has already put the events behind him and is currently focused on the match on Wednesday, April 10.
In fact, Ortiz took the pressure off himself and put it on Inter Miami and its captain Lionel Messi since, according to what he says, he will be playing at home and with his people.
“We are Monterrey, We are at home with our people. May Messi worry about us“said the strategist. Later he also indicated that “Monterrey is not going to change anything and is not going to consider the advantage we have. I am not of the idea of taking care of the result, we are going to go out and propose. The players know that we cannot wait for the opponent.”
For Monterrey, this match not only means advancing to the semifinals of the Champions Cup, but also has the attraction of eliminating the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner, but he was clear in indicating that there is no formula that will completely stop Messi.
“Messi has faced the best coaches in the world and they have not found the solution of how to mark him. Just when you think he’s going to dribble, it turns out he shoots. What he does is indecipherable,” he explained.
The winner of the series between Monterrey and Inter Miami will advance to the semifinals of the Champions Cup and will face the winner of the duel between the Columbus Crew and the Tigres UANL that is defined this April 9.
It is expected that for the match at the BBVA stadium in Nuevo León, Argentine Lionel Messi may already be there since he missed the first leg due to injury and only returned on the last matchday of the MLS where he participated in Inter Miami’s tie with Colorado Rapids.
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