[Sport] Tata Martino's crude statement: "Our playoff chances are disappearing"

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Tata Martino's crude statement: "Our playoff chances are disappearing"
The Inter Miami coach was honest after losing by a landslide against Chicago Fire. In addition, he told how Lionel Messi is, who did not play last night.

nter Miami fell 4-1 against Chicago Fire, on Matchday 36 of Major League Soccer (MLS). With this result, those led by Gerardo Martino begin to say goodbye to the dream of qualifying for the playoffs and this is also seen by Tata, who in a press conference assured that "the chances are disappearing" and that the team missed Lionel Messi.

Tata Martino's crude statement after the defeat suffered by Inter Miami
"The chances in which the situation depended on us ended tonight. Now the chances minimally exist, but we no longer depend totally on us," Martino said at the postgame press conference at Soldier Field. Las Garzas have three games left to play and are five points behind New York FC, the last one with the possibility of entering the playoffs through the playoffs.

"I leave with the sadness that our chances are disappearing. We no longer depend on ourselves. There may be opportunities if other results help us. But today the problem does not lie in what the rivals do, it is also that we have to win three games and It is the moment in which we have the worst performance of the team," he added.

Tata Martino referred to how Lionel Messi is and when he could play again
Messi did not travel to Chicago while waiting to complete his recovery process due to a muscle problem suffered on September 20. They had already been out in the final of the US Open Cup, lost against the Houston Dynamo, and with this fall Inter Miami dropped to the penultimate place in the East of the MLS, with 33 points, five from the playoff spots and three days left to go.

"Messi is closer to playing again. As we said, we will evaluate tomorrow and Friday to see if he is fit," Martino said. And he added: "The most important thing is that he is leaving the injury behind, little by little he is finding his best form, he has been training very well with the medical department. Then we will see what is most convenient."

Despite everything, when reflecting on this season, Martino considered that the club's growth has been notable: "I always thought that these six months were going to be a matter of shaping the team, of getting to know the club to have an excellent 2024. We were able win a title, we lost a final and now we still have options to enter the playoffs, something that three months ago was impossible to think about," he concluded.

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