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One of the great wishes for the fans in Argentina and probably for Lionel Messi is to play the Olympic Games again, a possibility that is latent and more alive than ever after a few weeks ago the Albiceleste got its ticket to the tournament in Paris next summer, a fact that makes us dream even more about the captain’s presence.
The truth is that the outlook looks complicated for this to happen, since Argentina and Messi will previously compete in the 2024 Copa América in the United States, a tournament that will generate some wear and tear on the Inter Miami footballer.
As far as Inter Miami is concerned, the Herons coach, Gerardo el ‘Tata’ Martino, was asked at a press conference about Messi’s presence at the Olympic Games, to which he responded that it is still too early to talk about it. , although he revealed that he has touched on various topics with Leo on this topic, however, he decides to take it day by day due to how exhausting the season with Inter Miami is.
“I don’t want to venture into something that still has too much time left. Of course I have been talking about some issues with him (Messi). What worries me most today is the day-to-day life and how he is recovering game by game. I feel that in these first two games we have resorted to him in an exaggerated way and that it has caused very significant wear and tear in both games,” Martino explained.
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Martino will look for the least possible wear and tear for Messi
Precisely recognizing the great wear and tear that Lionel Messi has had in the first two games of the season, Martino gave as an example last year’s Leagues Cup duel against Orlando City, a rival they will face this Saturday in week 2 of MLS, putting as ideal objective that function that the Argentine star performed in that match.
Martino assures that he will ensure that the team finds Messi in the last area of the field to collaborate in the completion of plays and therefore not force Messi to sacrifice himself and have extra wear and tear.
“Exactly the Orlando game we have to refer to earlier in the Leagues Cup was a game where he found the ball many times in the last quarter of the field before finishing the play and even scored a goal in the six-yard box almost, and that is what that we have to recover so that the team finds him to finish the plays. I feel that in these two games he has had too much wear and tear and that is also my responsibility to make the team work in such a way that we can use him in different ways,” added the Rosario coach.
