Cruz Azul will face Inter Miami for the Champions Cup. Cementero will fight for another trophy at Nu Stadium in Florida. Lionel Messi will lead the “Garzas” team. Joel Huiqui calls for the focus not to go and its entirety to the Argentine.
It is obvious that the main concern of Inter Miami is Lionel Messi.The Argentine footballer remains a determining player and so he demonstrated it in an elite tournament like the World Cup.
Joel Huiqui has not revealed himself as a coach when trying to find a formula to stop Lionel Messi. Cruz Azul’s strategist believes Inter Miami should be countered as a team and not just focused on a player. In addition, Huiqui wants the approach to be more personal when correcting cemetery mistakes.
“Lionel Messi is a great player, we all know who he is in football. But we’re going to focus on our form, our style, I think that’s the most important thing,” Joel Huiqui said at a press conference ahead of the meeting.
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In this sense, Joel Huiqui stressed that it will be fundamental to conceive of Inter Miami as a dangerous team.
Giving that importance to the rival is key. Knowing that it is a great team, which not only has a specific player of the offensive, but also in its construction has important players to put passes and others,” added the Blue Cross coach.
Joel Huiqui could become the first coach to beat Inter Miami from the Blue Cross bench. Both clubs met in the group phase of the Leagues Cup in 2023. In that match, Inter Miami took the victory by 2-1. There has been no more direct confrontation since that commitment.
