The walk was too high for Inter Miami. As would be expected, the Floridian franchise was swept by Paris Saint-Germain (4-0), Sunday evening in the round of 16 of the Club World Cup. The route therefore stops there for Lionel Messi and his partners.
Present at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Zlatan Ibrahimovic was invited at the end of the match in the mixed zone to react to this heavy defeat suffered by Inter Miami and Lionel Messi. And if he was not tender with the formation led by Javier Mascherano, the Swedish giant, however, has shown himself very complimentary to the Argentine icon.
“” Messi's defeat? No, no, don't talk about defeat as if it was his fault! Messi has not lost, Inter Miami did it! Have you seen this team? Messi plays among statues, not teammates! If he was in a real team, in Paris, in Manchester, in any large team, you would have seen the real lion “, Retorted the former Parisian with his usual verve.
Ibrahimovic: “Messi plays among statues, not teammates! »»
“” Messi only plays because he likes the game, because he can still do what 99% of players cannot, added Zlatan. But it is surrounded by those who run as if they wore bags of cement! There are no coaches, no stars, not even players who understand how to move without a ball! »»
And the Sports Director of AC Milan to put a final layer: ” Do you want to blame Messi? When he plays with Ronaldo, with Mbappé, with Haaland, with Zlatan. So you can speak! But today? No, no, no. It is not the Messi that I know, it is a big ghost who plays in a circus! But beware if you give him a real team he will still burn the stadium! Because quite simply, Messi is still Messi, but today it is not his defeat, it is the defeat of Inter Miami and Football. »Messi will appreciate, his teammates much less …
