Atlanta.- Lionel Messi It is in good condition and Jordi Alba will also be available for the Inter Miami In the crucial game on Thursday against the Port in it Club World Cupthe coach confirmed on Wednesday Javier Mascherano.
The rumors about the physical state of Messi, which is about to turn 38, were activated when images of the Inter training that show the Argentine star, taking their hands to the back of the left thigh.
“Leo is fine, he did all the training,” said Mascherano at the press conference prior to the game at the Mercedes-Benz stadium in Atlanta (Georgia).
“People sometimes are usually played, but nothing happened. It is fine and is obviously going to play tomorrow (Thursday),” said ‘El Jefecito’.
The Inter, who debuted in the World Cup with a 0-0 draw against Al Ahly Egyptian, will recover the Spanish Jordi Alba, another piece of his quartet quartet that completes Sergio Busquets and Luis Suarez.
Mascherano did not want to confirm if he will align the side, which has been stopped by a muscle injury for three weeks.
The draw against Ahly, supposed more affordable rival of the group, increased the pressure on the Inter for the following duels against Porto and Palmeiras.
Even so, Mascherano advanced that his team will have the mentality of mastering the game against the Portuguese squad.
“Our players feel more comfortable having the ball. The rival is also and its level is high, but on the court we are eleven against eleven,” said the helmsman, who stressed that this World Cup is showing that there is not so much distance between European and Latin American football.
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“There was a lot of expectation that there would be great differences,” said the former player. “But when you have a decision and desire you can compete with rivals of the highest level,” said Mascherano, who also highlighted the performance of the two teams in his country in his premieres.
Boca Juniors and River Plate, the most popular teams of Argentine football, “were up to it and are going to fight, because we know how competitive our football is, although sometimes we criticize it,” he said.
