While Inter Miami faces Monterrey in the quarter-finals of the Concacaf Champions Cup, the coach of the Mexican team explains very clearly that it will be necessary to deal with refereeing favorable to “La Pulga”.
The complete theories around Lionel Messi's Argentina at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar can resume! Before facing Inter Miami of “La Pulga” in the quarter-finals of the Concacaf Champions Cup (the equivalent of the Champions League of North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the coach of CF Monterrey, an Argentinian named Fernando Ortiz, believes that the record Ballon d'Or winner benefits from favorable arbitration.
“I hope the players understand that he (Messi) is just an opposing player. Then come the referees, the context, the people, everything that surrounds Messi can lead to sporting and extra-sporting decisions.launched Fernando Ortiz in an interview with journalist Santiago Fourcade on YouTube, a few days before the first leg, Wednesday evening (at 2 a.m. French time, live on the RMC Sport Twitch channel).
“There are things I can’t handle”
And to add: “I don’t know if it’s harmful, but that’s not the problem. Business doesn't go through Monterrey and we know it. We know that football is business. Sportingly, I'm going to beat him, but there are things I can't handle.”. The Rayados de Monterrey, second in Liga MX, are heavily favored against the Floridians, with a huge derby in their sights against AndrĂ©-Pierre Gignac's Tigres.
Victim of a hamstring injury three weeks ago, Messi, 36, missed Inter Miami's last three matches, for a victory, a defeat and a draw in MLS (1-1 against New York City last Saturday). He returned to training on Tuesday and should be operational for this quarter-final first leg against Monterrey. Tata Martino should line him up from the start alongside Luis Suarez. To see if the Guatemalan referee of the game will be pro-Inter Miami…
