The Argentine Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino, coach of Inter Miami, He expressed this Saturday that “the flexibility to hire in the MLS must be modified” and stop the American league during FIFA dates so that soccer continues to grow and its teams become more competitive.
He did it after the 4-1 defeat by his team against the New England Revolution with a double from the Argentine Lionel Messi and a goal from the Uruguayan Luis Suárez and Benjamín Cremaschi.
‘Tata’ referred in particular to the possibility of competing face to face in the Concacaf Champions League.
“This competition (the Concacaf Champions League), which is very important to us, takes us at the beginning of the season, we are just starting and we already have round-trip matches with Nashville, Monterrey.
“The reality is that to face those teams we need to have other types of players,” Martino said in the post-match press conference at Gillette Stadium.
Tata Martino also talks about the calendar
Gerardo Martino also took the opportunity to talk about the MLS calendar and the dates that continue to be played during the FIFA date.
“We must modify the flexibility for the players to hire, I think that even soon there may be changes, and then stop on the FIFA date. This means that sometimes teams do not end up taking risks to bring in players from the national teams,” he added.
The MLS has a contracting format based on the salary limit and with three designated players per team who have access to contracts with very favorable economic conditions.
Before the 65,000 spectators at Gillette Stadium, Messi scored his second consecutive double and has scored in six consecutive games in MLS. He is the league’s top scorer with nine goals, ahead of Colombian Cristian ‘Chicho’ Arango.
“People in all stadiums come to see Leo, to encourage Leo, that’s true. But then he wants his team to win. We are motivated by the environment we find,” commented Martino.
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