Tano Ortiz-Messi and a new chapter before the rematch in Mexico: “Let him worry about us”

The Argentine Fernando Ortiztechnical director of Rayados of Monterreyhe appeared before the press last Tuesday and gave assurances having no idea how to stop Argentine Lionel Messiwhich he will receive this Wednesday in the duel between his team and the InterMiami of the MLS in Concacaf Champions Cup.

“Messi faced the best coaches in the world and they couldn’t find the solution on how to mark him. When you think he dribbles, it turns out he shoots. “What he does is indecipherable.”explained the coach before the match in Monterrey against Inter, the second leg of the quarter-finals.

Los Rayados won 2-1 over Inter Miami in the first leg, away last week. Messi did not play in that duel because he was recovering from a muscle injury that had kept him off the pitch the previous month. But in the end he was involved in the scandal anyway.

In addition to the possibility of qualifying for the semi-finals, for Monterrey the series has the allure of eliminating Messi, who at the end of the first leg of the series went down to the locker room to confront Ortiz and some of his coaching staff.

Second Nicola Sanchez, one of Ortiz’s assistants, Leo was about to hit him in the locker room. “He had me an inch away, he put his fist in my face. I think he was looking for my reaction more than hitting me.” The club filed a complaint with Concacaf over Messi’s behavior and the “unfortunate events” that occurred. match day.

After Monterrey’s victory against Inter Miami, Messi went to the locker room to ask for explanations about the decisions made by the refereeing team and when Nicolás Sánchez alerted the Concacaf commissioners of the alleged incorrect behavior of Messi and his coach, Gerardo Martino. The man from Rosario went to scold the former River and Racing defender. There was also a version according to which Messi went to look for Ortiz to ask him to clarify his previous statements, when he had assured that “business is on their side” due to Messi’s presence and that this could be a condition. this could damage Rayados.

A week after the altercation, the Monterrey coach assured that everything is back to normal and that they are used to similar situations. “I experienced a million of these things in the locker room, not only what happened last week, but also the fights on the field,” he told the press. “These are things that stay there“.

To calm things down, Ortiz highlighted the honor his team has to face The flea. “Playing these types of matches with the best in the world is a great satisfaction and they (the players) must know it,” she said. “Once the game starts, the best player in the world simply becomes another player”.

Additionally, with a series lead, Ortiz reiterated that his approach is and always will be to win. “We showed it in the first game in Miami, and the intent is the same, especially with respect“, added the Argentine.

He also dedicated a few words to the world champion in view of tomorrow’s match: “We are Monterrey and we are home. Let Messi worry about us“.

The winner of the series will face the best of the semi-finals. Crew of Christopher Columbusalready champion of the MLS UANL Tigers Mexicans, series ends 1-1 and will be defined on Tuesday.