Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano said he was "proud" of his team's work in the Club World Cup, despite their elimination on Sunday. 4-0 against PSG, a team that, he admitted, placed them at their real level.
“We were very clear that, when it came to competing, we could compete up to a certain level. Sooner or later, reality shows you that,” said Mascherano in a press conference after the match played at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
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Mascherano emphasized that Inter Miami has “lived up to the expectations” that were placed on the team.
“We have met the objective that we had set for ourselves,” said the Argentine coach, referring to advancing from the group stage, the only team of the three MLS teams in the tournament to achieve this.
Regarding the match, the ‘Jefecito’ lamented having conceded the first goal early in the game (minute 7) and from a dead ball: “I would have liked it to be a different way if they had scored early on us.”
He also said that the first half - in which PSG scored all of its goals - was “an avalanche” and that he would have liked to “be on the pitch” with his players.
“When you go into the locker room down 4-0, you know you have no chance, you don’t expect to change the result,” said Mascherano, who explained that in the second half the team He wanted to improve his image, something he also achieved because the Parisians "slowed down a bit." Finally, Mascherano praised Messi's "great game," as he created all the danger Inter Miami had in the second half. "At 38 years old, people still pay to see him. PSG are doing very well, they're European champions, but people still pay to see him," he concluded. *With information from EFE.
