The Trans-Andean star, who could add his first title with Inter Miami this weekend, admits that he plays more relaxed and that he was not happy during his stay in Paris.
Lionel Messi is aiming for his first title in North America. This Saturday, Inter Miami face Nashville SC, in search of the winner of the League Cup, a competition that could mean the first trophy for the trans-Andean, although he has been in the United States for a little more one month. “I arrived with a lot of enthusiasm, happiness, to continue getting results like my whole career. It was a big surprise that we were about to play a final for people who don’t see us training “We prepared for this, to compete and win this title because we thought we could. The team has grown really big since Tata arrived. very happy to have achieved the first goal of being in the top three for next year’s Concachampions and playing a final,” said the star.
A few hours after his first definition, the Rosario-born man still says he went to MLS to be more relaxed than in Europe, but without losing his competitive spirit. “ My decision went through a lot We thought about it and decided with my wife and my children. I came here to play, to enjoy football. That’s why I chose this place,” he told a news conference.
“I’m very happy with the decision we made. For my family, for sport, for our daily way of life, enjoying the city, this new experience. The welcome from the population has been extraordinary, not only at Miami. In the United States in general. We were to go to Dallas the other day as a visitor. The treatment people gave me was spectacular,” he added.
However, North American competitions aren’t the only topics Messi discusses. The captain of the Argentinian team talks about the possibility of retaining a new Ballon d’Or, lowering the profile of the award. “It’s a very important award, for what recognition means, one of the most beautiful on an individual level, but I never gave it importance, in quotes. The most important are collective ones, located at the level of the group. I was lucky to have succeeded in everything, and after the World Cup, I don’t think about it much less. My biggest prize was that one. If he comes, fine. I was lucky to achieve all the goals I set for myself in my career,” he said.
Along with the above, the man from Rosario looks back on his last seasons and admits he never wanted to play for PSG. “My departure for Paris was not something I wanted, I didn’t want to leave Barcelona. It took me some time to quickly get used to a different place where I have lived all my life, both in the city and in sports. It became difficult. Quite the opposite of what is happening here,” he said.
In this sense, he specifies that his coming to Miami was premeditated, unlike the trip to France. “I really feel very happy, as I have already repeated several times. I said it at the beginning. It is a place where I have chosen to come, it is a decision that we have taken with the time. It wasn’t overnight. It makes everything easier. We are where we want to be. It was our decision and it makes it easier and simpler,” he explained.
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