Everything is fine. Argentinian Javier Mascherano wanted to bring down the pressure about the controversy born of a fairly frank discussion, not to say muscular, between his compatriot Lionel Messi and him. The scene took place on Wednesday on the occasion of the defeat of Inter Miami conceded at home against Chicago (3-5).
Two days after this setback, the coach of the Floridian franchise of the North American championship (MLS) explained that it was all often exaggerated. “”
No problem with Leo. I always exchange with him during the matches. I saw that some media said that he challenged me but they like to invent stories »»Mascherano said on Friday at a press conference.
Between the two former teammates of the South American selection, these were tactics. “” We were quietly talking about the bottom of Chicago . If you watch the match, after their first two goals, they played a very low block and there were few spaces to find between the lines. It was something that I observed and that we tried to talk to the locker room after the fact “Continued the Miami coach.
The “old” always delights
The slippage against Chicago has no dramatic consequence for the Miami club, already qualified for the play-offs. Lionel Messi, silent that day, retained his place at the top of the scorer ranking.
The 2022 world champion of 38, eight times Ballon d'Or, has previously scored 24 goals in Major League Soccer this season. He is ahead of Denis Bouanga (Los Angeles FC – 23) and Sam Surridge (Nashville SC – 22).
