Inter Miami head coach Tata Martino said yesterday that he has been preparing for weeks for when his team would be forced to play without Lionel Messi available.
“We know that on all squads this happens,” said Martino. “There are players that play a lot more, others that play less that have to take advantage of these types of occasions.
“But it’s also not true that the game depends exclusively on these players who are going to play more now. They need to make the best effort along with the rest. We’ve known about these absences since the new players arrived, so for the past 20 days we imagined we would be in this spot, so this is no surprise.
“We have a very good team available to play Kansas City. We have the same hope of every game, with the expectation to be able to remain on this track and shorten the distance between us and the playoffs.”
