Lionel Messi and Inter Miami failed to qualify for the MLS playoffs. The Argentine forward arrived in Miami in the summer and won the Leagues Cup with the team, as well as reaching the final of the US Open Cup. However, despite his great moment at Inter Miami, the player failed to qualify for his team to playoffs, which means that the player will be some long weeks of sporting inactivity, although for the Argentine coach this is not a concern.
“I saw Messi as if he had not had an injury or a stoppage. The team understands it and plays in a very marked way,” added the coach about the captain, who will no longer be active with Inter Miami, since the North American team did not qualify for the playoffs. The coach of the Argentine national team seems to be extremely calm regarding the feelings of Lionel Messi and the Argentine team for the future.
“The start of the MLS season is not going to affect us. I imagine that he will do his preseason and that he will do his work with his team. It's not something that worries us. It was seen today, without having many minutes, the important thing is that he is healthy. He manages the minutes alone,” acknowledged the coach, who at times seemed annoying during the match played at the National Stadium in Lima.
Lionel Scaloni regretted the field conditions in Peru
“The playing field was not very good to make a possession. Maybe we should have had it a few meters further forward to avoid losing the two balls that we lost and made it difficult for us. But it's the way this team plays and we're not going to change it either. The goals came from playing that way,” explained Scaloni, who regretted the changes due to injury in the complement, especially having lost a window with the departure of Cuti Romero a few minutes into the game. Now, the team will be active until later when they face Uruguay and Brazil, in the two most complex games of the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
