The Messi Clutch Show Continues! | FC Dallas 4-4 Inter Miami (3-5 in PKs): Live Postgame Show

Welcome back to the fire reasons YouTube channel and our podcast Messi and co what a game 4-4 against Dallas FC and Inter Miami advancing by winning in penalty kicks 5 to 3. I'm here with Austin Robbler I'm Alejandro Vegas. We are live on the fire reasons YouTube channel, and this is going later on to the Podcast feed as well Austin I bet you are a little bit excited about what just happened right now into Miami down two goals a couple of times Out there in Dallas in a hot very hot atmosphere and they ended up advancing to the quarterfinals somehow. How you doing, dude? I don't understand what's going on anymore Or like there were maybe three or four times this game where I thought Miami were just out for the count Alejandro genuinely like I really didn't think that there was a way I think was 4-2 Yeah post 80th minute like that just doesn't make sense And then when you saw Robert Taylor get fouled and the free kick come up you were kind of just like yeah It's gonna happen again, but I didn't think it was gonna happen just quite like that and it did it's inevitable at this point that Messi He's gonna produce some kind of magic and there's a lot to take away from this game I'm sure we'll talk about it more throughout the week But most importantly Miami now get to host another League's Cup match It will be the quarterfinal against I believe Houston or Charlotte Yeah, they took the test on the road on the chin and they somehow prevailed and now now they're through That's the most important thing this game will be looked at Tata Martino has a lot to go over with the side in terms of tactics and what to do with the personnel because there are A lot of questions that I'm sure we'll have to answer soon here on this pod But man, what a match what a story it's been This has been the worst one and the best one of them all all at the same time Yeah, I mean Messi scored twice Alba with a couple of assists and and yeah Like you said, it's it was bad and it was great at the end of the day So we're gonna go through it. There's a lot of things to go through it We're gonna have another episode tomorrow in the second day a little bit of a calmer reaction but this is right now as soon as the game is over and and we have to go through it and like you said they're gonna play Houston or Charlotte who are playing tomorrow to the final is gonna be Traveling to Miami to play those quarterfinals. We are gonna welcome Giancarlo Giancarlo. How you doing, man? I'm shaking. I'm shaking I'm trying to relax so I can speak Yeah, I bet that happened to a lot of people so All right let's start from the beginning because I know of course we all want to talk about those last 10 minutes or maybe the second half when inter Miami I came back and somehow tied game but let's start from the beginning because I know there were a lot of complaints about the starting lineup and Tata Martino may be taking a little too long to move his pieces So, I mean seeing what was going on because Dallas scored four But they could have scored two or three or four more if they if they were a little bit more accurate in front of goal So let's start from there. I think Gomez was one of the ones that didn't really have a good game today, right? Yeah Well, so Gianna and I actually disagreed about this earlier on in the week We talked about the possibility of Gomez starting over Kramers key I said that it should happen Gian said that it shouldn't and You know, obviously looking back in hindsight You could say yeah with Benjamin Kramers key as part of the midfield three It looked a lot better in previous matches than what we saw right off the bat with Diego Gomez now Gian you can fight me on this but I really think that it's more down to the way Tata put out this midfield and Changing the roles of the guys like boost gets and what Gomez would have done if Kramers key was there What Koresh could have done if Gomez was there or whatever however, I want to say it Yeah, and what Dixon Arroyo was being asked to do it was not this Solid, you know to two men block in front of the defenders being like having stability Where in this match in my opinion? Arroyo was way too far out wide Trying to get forward too much then boost gets was trying to get forward too much and that's why Alan Velasco which by the way All credit to him growing up idolizing Messi as a young Argentinian Alan Velasco was getting in behind those spaces time and time and time again, especially in the first half It was a mismatch Arroyo was nowhere to be found boost gets was not being able to cover and Gomez Again a guy who wants to get forward and we said that too. He's a guy who's going to want to get forward We saw how tenacious he was when he cut when he came on against Orlando The this was not a midfield three that worked especially in the instructions that Tata was giving and that's where I have the issue I don't think that the personnel was the main issue However, I would be absolutely insane to say that Koresh. He should not start in the next match because obviously Obviously he should but I don't think anyone should be like completely going at Diego Gomez right now as a young 20 as a you 22 player a young player on this team that they've invested millions of dollars in this guy is still one who's going to contribute and I think that Kromeshki right now is the number one choice should be the number one choice in that midfield But Tata has to change his tactics and maybe just Ben Hoff fits the style a little bit more I don't know, but I hated Dixon out wide. We saw him as a right mid We saw him as a box-to-box a number eight a six a right back a third center back all in the same 90 minutes That's not normal. That should not be happening. And that's where I find a lot of the issue. Yeah, Carlo your take Yeah, so yeah, definitely we did have that disagreement but I you know, I I thought that at some point it might happen I just didn't think it was gonna be that soon But I gotta agree with you Austin like and in part I don't like I wouldn't fault Gomez I think he's a really good player I don't think that this game in any way should speak on his talent or anything like that I do think that what you said it was like to me was a bit of game planning For sure that kind of affected his game But I also think that it was just him being injected into the starting lineup Too soon because I did agree that I could see him going in but it was just to me it's like if you have such a well-oiled machine in the midfield and Karamaski's doing so well, like even if you know that maybe a player is more talented than him I just don't know how you mess with that like that I see that in even like in other sports not just soccer like if you got something working like you don't tend to mess with But to your point with like with the game planning like Arroyo has been Playing a lot of different positions and even like this whole tournament He's been forming a back line of three like a lot of times He's been going and staying in the back with the crits of and Miller. So like I kind of understood that part I didn't I like the other stuff that was going on with him I didn't quite Understand and then Busquets was playing so high up like with When it was with like the previous games with Karamaski like that made sense and it worked because Karamaski would always play a little Higher he played he would sometimes play like the ten He'd be good at distributing the ball But the whole time he he was comfortable with going up because he knew That Busquets had his back like Busquets was gonna stay back and cover in this whole time Like Busquets was playing really high up and when we would get countered like you basically had none of our fast midfield like a defensive mids Anywhere near the area and that left Crates off and that left Miller who are slower than they're than they're attacking guys and they were just kill us every single time So I gotta agree with you. I don't want anybody to talk bad about Gomez Gomez is good It's just it's just a multitude of things. I think that just kind of you know Dictated how Gomez's plate ended up happening and also the midfield but great change at the end with Karamaski that made a big difference Yeah, but a Royals a Royals role didn't change which I still like I perplexed by because I understand the need for you know players to get forward and you don't want a Royal to be one of those guys But I don't want to see him playing as that right center back or that right third center back with Yedlin pushing up I understood when Robbie came on and maybe doing that but That happened so early on to that happened before the substitutions and whatever the 70-plus minute that happened in minute 55 minute 60 where that was starting to happen and Yedlin was having to push up so high in which it was just unnatural when you saw Yedlin pushing up high against Orlando Dixon was not playing as a third center back and time and time again against Orlando when Yedlin was was that positive outlet out on The right flank it was just a natural back for that Yes, you have to provide a little bit of cover for but it was natural It was seamless and now I think with what Tata was trying to do was pretty much Overcompensate for the fact that they need to use Yedlin as an outlet and have balance between him and Alba and I think that they just went at it a little bit too much and it's gonna be half It's gonna have to be changed later on in this tournament Yeah And I think they're both Orlando and Dallas have shown that if you play at that pace with those fast transitions This team is struggling to get back And defend those and we saw it in their own goal. I mean Taylor made a great effort to get back to the box He was just unlucky that his deflection went back into his own head So I mean, but he was one of the only ones going back so you can't really say anything about it So, all right What I mean the first half we saw I mean Dallas deserved more than the two goals that they had they came back after the messy goal a lot of Dallas fans complaining about the first goal They thought it should have been a enough side Of Justin Martinez because he was a little bit of in front of the goal in my opinion of the goalie in my opinion That was not the case. He didn't interfere For the goalie to reach to his right and trying to save that ball nothing to do there But let's let's focus on the inter Miami side that Jordi Alba, you know messy connection once again the same play They've drawn for years and years and years once again opening up the game for for inter Miami, right? I mean we that's what we were waiting right for for your Diablo to make those plays and for messy to finish it And it happened it happened right away Yeah, like I think Messi has scored in the eighth minute the seventh minute in the sixth minute now like as he's come into these Three he started these three matches. It's right away that these things are happening His impact is felt it looked like the game was gonna start off a little bit slow for Miami after Hazards for air almost scored and there was another like offside goal I mean that there was so much going on in those first two minutes and then for the next like three or four it slowed Down a little bit and then when you saw Jordi Alba get on the flank and give it to the top of the box You just knew what was gonna happen They're just so familiar with each other. That's insane They know exactly where they're gonna be at at every time They obviously they played so many years together in Barcelona like for those of us that have followed Barcelona all those years How many times have we not seen those like exact same goals whether it's a pass back to like right outside, you know Messi cutting in from right outside the area or even right inside the six-yard box like it's that pass like when you see that outlet like To the left and and now we're going through the the left when you can't almost like tend to expect that right? So it was just it was just beautiful really and then Taylor Twelman said on the broadcast and Alejandro You can speak to this as a Barca fan the so Alba playing on that left side with his favorite left foot obviously and being able to whip in those balls and then Messi coming Across from the right side to where Jordi Alba is feeding his left foot to Messi's left foot in a perfect position That it's just almost too natural It's so easy for them so smooth and it's so so crazy that it's happening in Frisco, Texas, USA I don't I don't understand it. Yeah, it reminded me of that game that Barca won 3-4 at Santiago Bernabeu in the last play of the game and It was almost the exact same play with Alba getting there and crossing back and messages Beating a killer Navas is right. I mean it was very similar and we seem so many goals In this capacity for further no message. It's crazy. That's happening right now So but yeah, I mean and the game started that what was the best way it can start and the same happened with Orlando You know, they've been both slow starts for inter Miami calendar with big saves in Almost all of these games that we've been covering since Messi got here But then Dallas came back and and we saw the first time Messi complaining Messi and inter Miami struggling to really go around what Dallas was trying to do and and I mean This was really the first time that we saw a little bit of actual adversity for Messi and for inter Miami, right? how do you think they handled it, especially in the first half and then we'll Dive deep into the second half, but I want your reactions on the first half first Yeah I mean Messi was pissed Jordi Alba and going into halftime was pissed at the midfield and this is where we just thought we talked About a little bit. I just had to get it off my chest. I've been wanting to rant about it So we kind of already talked about I won't discuss it again, but midfielders not being able to drop back really hindered this team That's how they scored the first and then in the second one It was kind of just some it was a lackadaisical pass ended up taking over Kamal Miller left in the dust off of a crazy turn inside the box I mean that that goal speaks for itself and shout out to that player who I think was like a Refugee and in a camp in a country. I don't remember the name. It's crazy story crazy story, but I Think that the way that they handled it in that first half was not good I don't think they responded well to the equalizing goal And I don't think that they responded well at the end of the first half going into halftime where they gave up a goal in The 45th minute. I don't think it was good at all. Whatever happened in the halftime locker room I don't know if you guys noticed but Tata Martino and the subs bench were out before the starting 11 were yeah The 11 came out two minutes after while everybody was waiting for them And I think that that might speak to some leadership going on in the locker room Maybe some some tough conversations, but I think that that Speaks for itself then they went down 3-1 and you're like Okay, what's going on but back to the first half there was a lot of adjusting that had to be done It happened maybe a little bit too late for comfort There are a lot of things that need to be addressed that happened in that first half geology go Yeah, I think that they definitely face like you said of adversity for the first time So they're not only playing their first road game with messy But in front of a really good crowd as well, like that was a really good crowd I mean, I know we heard a messy chance and that sort of thing But there was definitely like a lot of hype for that game So they were on a pretty big stage something that they you know They don't have the local crowd and local feel that they know, but I think that for the first time They actually had a team that didn't seem scared of them Like they didn't let them play those other teams that we play so far this tournament were letting us touch the ball freely They were just like playing back waiting for waiting to see what we would do Dallas went in with like crazy intensity from the beginning They were pressuring like as we were trying to get out of our field or you're pressuring really high up They were not afraid of messy. They did a pretty good job of like stopping the passes from the midfield too messy So like I think that that's something that the we hadn't seen so far this tournament And we definitely noticed that it affected them very much so I don't want to get into the second half yet, but I will say like like They at the beginning like I wasn't sure how they were gonna respond but Ultimately, they they showed some grit as a team for sure It was like an old old style not old style but in recent memory, New York Red Bull high press in MLS like, you know at Red Bull Arena and I Think Alejandro you noted it on the Messian code Twitter Miami were struggling to build out of the back with that high press in effect And I think that that is really what took precedent For a lot of Miami's problems in the first half despite the lack of a lack today's go midfield in my opinion but Yeah, I think that that was something that they like you said Gian have not had to deal with they have Mostly had the majority of the ball I think going back to the Orlando game in the first half Miami had like 72% possession Yeah in this first half it was you know, right around 50 53 or 54 something like that So there's that number but at the same time Miami's a bulk of Miami's possession in that first half was in their own half Because they were being pressed so much So a lot of that has to be addressed going on in this tournament because teams are going to look at that and say oh This is what we need to do in order to you know Keep boost gets and messy from playing the ball around us and things like that Sure have players dart in at Sergio boost gets like Alan Velasco wasn't that first half if you go back and watch that first half he was shadowing him the entire time and Al Velasco was winded winded and Still came on in the second half and put on a performance as we'll talk about but I think that that is going to be a key for Tata Martino in Training throughout the week to figure out what to do with a high press because they've built from the back With teams playing at the halfway line, they've played this half-court style offense very easily And that's why they've won their game so simply and then with Dallas changing that You you had no answer I mean you just simply didn't have an answer other than finding success between Jordi Alba and Messi which granted you'll probably find a lot Of that going down the line, but they weren't threatening at all In any part of that first half besides that goal. I don't remember. There's nothing notable in my mind right now You can correct me if I'm wrong. Yeah That deep pass by Messi to Taylor. He shot it Yeah, right and then and then he ended up with Dallas tying the game on the other side That was that was the only chance that I can remember from the top of my head So yeah All right Before we dive into the second half with I mean a lot of things happen and we're gonna go through all of them let's listen to our Sponsor here on Messi and co Mosaics calm guys visit mosaics.com. Here we go. Are you ready to transform your space into a masterpiece? 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Was it about like not letting the player like get to I don't know point it out like Taking Gomez out would have been too early to do so after we saw what happened in the first 45 minutes I I don't know what what the answer is But I think that I'm not necessarily upset that there wasn't a personnel change but there wasn't a Tactical change either like I didn't see any instructions for any of the players in the first 15 minutes until Dallas made Substitutions that changed for into Miami. They kind of just kept at it the same way. I could be wrong This is just you know from my view from sitting on my couch But in my opinion, I think that there was more to be done in that first 15 minutes to kind of set precedent that yeah We're gonna go after this game We've got to go ahead and get a goal Away from home and it didn't seem like they were they were going ahead and do that. And then that's you know, it led to substitutions from Dallas Yedlin giving up a cheat-free kick Velasco somehow scoring it from a crazy distance, but that's another discussion to have about Drake calendar But yeah, I was I was hoping to see more at the half if it was Ben how I would have been happy if it Was I mean Campana for Joseph? I would have been happy if it was a tactical change I would have been happy but those first 15 minutes did not inspire me enough to say. Oh, I'm happy with what's going on I did not I mean you could go ahead and read our messy and go chat. I was I was livid I was I felt like Tata was being stubborn. I don't I don't know what else to say about it Yeah, Jan, what do you think? Yeah, I think that that's the age-long question that we have about coaches at halftime when we don't see changes, right? it's always like what is he waiting for what is he waiting for but I will agree with Austin like At least a tactical change because what was what they had a game plan for obviously wasn't working So the fact that you combine that neither of those happened was kind of disappointing at the beginning And you could tell some of the players even being frustrated and with each other I know that you know, obviously Gomez maybe Was a change that we would have liked to have seen sooner. I think maybe even Joseph for some reasons the game plan around Joseph wasn't working as much I feel like he was getting in the way a lot of like messy like they were kind of taking up the same spot which Is kind of weird and he wasn't as sharp as he was. Yeah. Yeah, so I could have seen Campana coming a little earlier as well So yeah, I mean, I think that why did that take that long? I don't know some sometimes as we you know Those of us have watched soccer for a long time Sometimes coaches are stubborn and they just want to see like maybe it was just a first half thing Maybe my game plan will work, but it's only we can only guess we don't really know Yeah, I mean that's that happens a lot of every time you see you watch a game and you read the fans comments It's only like why do they take so long? yeah to make the subs that already play for an hour and it's clearly not working and What happened after that 60th minute it was just crazy All right So Alan Velasco that Austin said scores and they missed they missed a couple of shots before that Ferreira He missed a header. I don't know how that didn't go in Somehow they missed one or two very good chances in front of calendar and those didn't go in But this freaking did and you were talking about calendar in this particular place. So you think he was responsible for that goal I mean, it's a it's an awkward thing for a goalkeeper With the free kick coming from that position I mean, it's extremely awkward the way the ball like the trajectory of the ball Screams somebody's gonna get ahead on it. Yeah, and you also as a keeper It's dipping fast enough and it's dropping low enough At a point in the box where you can't really jump out and make a commanding like stop So it's a very weird weird weird thing But I do think that maybe and Drake don't get me wrong. He has saved this team. Yeah countless times And today he did it again, yes, I know they gave up for but he still saved this team from multiple goals Yeah, and he's been the most consistent player in this team Going back to last season in my opinion He's been the best goalkeeper in the league in my opinion like going back to last season But for me a more commanding presence on a play like that or on a free kick from that angle Just makes more sense in my head and maybe it doesn't play out on the field that way But I do think that maybe some more should have been done. I could also blame the defenders Yes, somebody yeah was headed I mean he made the foul in the first place right and then he almost headed in the first post He didn't touch it, but it was enough. I feel like it was enough to like Give that doubt to the goalie and then once you doubt in that position and the ball goes through it's too late And another thing I don't really understand too and you guys can maybe explain to me But like when those free kicks are in those positions and your defensive line is lining up at the top of the 18 You're you're on your back heels and they get to sprint into the box. They're gonna get and they're gonna get behind you What what what's the tactic like? I've never understood that it's in my opinion I have now like I understand trying to play offside and things like that But in reality you just give up so much risk Letting players get in behind because if any Dallas player who got in behind the Miami defenders put a foot on the ball It's just changing the trajectory. It's still gonna go into the back of the bet no matter what so I don't really know It's a weird it's a weird one, but all credit to Velasco He put it in a really great spot made it awkward for Miami and even his attackers and still hit the back of that that's all that matters for them and going up 3-1 at that point was really almost it felt like a dagger, but then I Mean this was like Seven to ten minutes. It's just crazy things going on and non-stop So cremation comes on and I don't know I don't think it was the first ball he touches but it was one of the first ones and he scores a 3-2 John and we I mean it was immediate impact and it's it and this is gonna happen a lot in soccer when Friends are asking for a coach to make a move the players come in And then he scores right away and people are gonna be like why you didn't bring him before we were two goals down, right? I mean, that's just how soccer goes. Yeah. Yeah I mean and we've seen it go both ways just like you said like in general Sometimes the player comes in and they score sometimes they get a red card like I've seen it go both ways, but I mean get him ask you just He knows where he needs to be like, it's insane. He just like I said, he's played so well. He knows Who's you know, he knows the personnel the personnel knows him. So he was just in the right place at the right time he took a perfect sprint inside the box and That's not I would say like I think that wasn't that easy of a shot to make because I He was going like towards the left and he had a kind of like pivot to the right to like That's not an easy shot to make so props to him as well and The fact that we were able to score as soon as the as soon as he basically came in man That gave some life to the team like that really like hyped us up that really get because we were in a really bad spot Until that moment so I get that was like perfect timing perfect timing for sure. Yeah, but then but then this happened Emotions Again I want to point out on this goal that that made it 3-2 the connection between Messi and Jordi Alba In reverse the time it was Messi finding Jordi Alba to get him to the byline and Jordi Alba Really stretching out to make that that play to put the ball back into the area where Ben how was? I mean it a lot of the time in with Messi in this game the way that It was like so Miami in the past have not had he was involved in their four goals he was involved in every single one and like you look at like the Miami's pass and you think of like someone like Gonzalo Higuain who had to drop in and make these Kind of insane passes that you don't see on an MLS level and blah blah blah blah blah And then Messi's just come in and said no, I'm gonna change it completely I'm going to show you a level of football that MLS has not seen and a lot of the decisions that he makes Ends up attracting like four defenders on to him to where if any Miami player makes any type of run into space They're not necessarily always through but they have time to gain possession and act on it And that's what you saw with Messi and Jordi Alba there to cross it back into Ben hot top of the box and the finish Was was outstanding John you're right. It was tough and it was it was great Yeah, and they're also making these runs that they wouldn't make before because they have the confidence that that pass is gonna get made They've got the players to make those types of passes I never I never saw these type of runs before Messi and Busquets got here like rarely did For sure. Yeah, and we're seeing a lot of Taylor also getting those passes. Yeah, Messi I mean as soon as Messi gets a ball Taylor knows he has to go deep because the ball is gonna Probably be there for him in order to go to the box or to the to the goal, right? All right, so it's 3-2 and at this point Inter's pressing up and we're feeling like this is gonna be a tie game at any point and then Possible foul on one box on Joseph Martinez I want to hear your opinion on this particular play and then a counter that it's like four against three if I'm not mistaken I have to Watch everything and with more I mean calmer like sit down and maybe have a beer or something and okay But did they go back and it's I mean somehow The play didn't look like he was when I end up in the goal because the cross was not a very good cross inter Miami's defenders were there but then Taylor slides in almost like at the end of the play and Somehow the ball goes in and to me being down two goals this way after that great effort It felt like I don't know man. This might be it for inter, Miami What went through your mind in that moment awesome Well a lot because I know a lot of people were complaining about the foul on Joseph But I don't think it was a foul in my opinion I think that it was kind of just body-to-body contact. It was you know chest to back It wasn't like a trip or anything like that It was just a play Joseph went down easy as he honestly normally does and he's gotten that call favorably in the past Yeah, most recently the round of 32 match So, you know, there's there's things like that that happened by the top of the box I don't see it as a foul didn't really impede the play as much as it should have but the counter-attack Again, really really poor in terms of the pace from the Miami defenders I mean Alan Velasco you had like it was like a four-on-two at one point Alan Velasco pushing pushing pushing the tempo Finds Paul areola out on the right took a lot of time to to make that pass But he waited he waited it perfectly. He timed it perfectly and it was enough for areola to take maybe one He took an extra step I think gets the cross back in Taylor is busting his behind to get all the way down slides in and again, I might blame Drake calendar here a little bit because That reaction was a little slow. Was it not? Both I would say the defender and then the goalie was so slow to react and go to his left and dive, you know, yeah If Taylor doesn't if Taylor doesn't slide in there Hey Just where is there at the top of the box or a Velasco one of the other is there at the top of the box? Receiving the ball. I don't think that the center back that was there was gonna be able to step in front and make that interception So it Taylor kind of needed to do it It's unfortunate the way the ball ended up But I do think it was a little slow from calendar and the reaction. Yeah Yeah, and and it was a tough moment right Jan because you're going down to goals They did he there was I mean you could tell the players were struggling with it to cooling breaks and still like it was hard For them to actually keep going. So everything looked like it was it was just not inter Miami's night. It's so Yeah, it's so deflating like you're trying to claw your back into such a difficult game You haven't had much going right for you. You've kind of getting some hope and then just for that to happen It's very deflating as a team so that's why it's just going back to what I had said earlier that that's what kind of like showed me that this team is gritty and and it's and they're gritty also because I they've got seasoned vets and Alba and and and Busquets and Messi that have been in situations like this before let's think about the PSG I think it was a PSG game that they came back Down on like a multitude of goals So they've been they've been in these situations yeah, and man when you've got veterans on your team that have been in this and know how to dictate the game and orchestrate the game and tell you a Settle down. We got this you could see messy trying to let them like don't give up guys So that's like that's just another another aspect of the game that these guys add So not just the skill but also the leadership and that that was just amazing. And yeah, that's that's tough I I think that you know Taylor did his his best and that's you know Busquets was Still got caught off guard Gomez and and Royo they just didn't get back in time and thank thankfully, you know Taylor busted his butt like you said, but just quite unfortunate That's just how soccer happens. Sometimes it's about luck too. And that was just some bad luck right there Yeah, and we're gonna be talking about the third goal for into Miami and something very similar happened there so but before that it came that tactical change that Austin was a Asking for actually came when we were down again two goals and we saw a different system going on Talked a little bit about it Austin. And did you like what Tata did there? Was it what you were expecting for him to actually change how the things were going on during the game? it was it was more of a like a Defined three center-back formation like when Dixon was dropping into that role with the Edlin pushing up it wasn't as defined because it had to stay fluid when Dallas were on the ball now With the Edlin coming off and Robbie going on and then you have Campana coming on for Joseph Campana is there for the hold that play if you want to listen to our last podcast We talked about the difference between Joseph and Campana But Robbie going on to that right flank and then I think he shifted over to left But just an out-and-out attacker coming on for DeAndre Edlin proves that yeah You're going to be using three central defenders because you need to get the ball forward So that's where that came in You saw Taylor drifting a lot Robbie drifting a lot Jordi Alba just commanding the left side and I think that it was a very very good change from Tata's part It was the first time that I I thought that he made a good decision in this game Other than starting Diego Gomez, which I'm gonna, you know pinch myself for cuz I was I guess I was wrong there, but Yeah, I thought the change was not only needed but it actually helped a ton and I I wish it would have happened earlier But now that Miami have won in penalties, I guess it happened at the perfect time That's normally just how it goes coach. It's always right once they win. Yeah, that's true. What do you think about it John? I think that it added a different element to the game You sometimes you just need to add a certain element of surprise and adding that those additional attacking elements definitely Definitely helped out it made the defense have to spread out more for Dallas and it really opened up the spaces much more So I think that was a great call by thought that we wish it would have been done a bit sooner But ultimately, I mean we came out with the win. You can't complain Yeah, what I feel Austin and Jan and friends from five reasons Sports Network that are joining us live right now I don't like when coaches only do this when they're down two goals already like it's too late now and you're doing it because You don't have any other Thing to do and you have to do something right now right now that you're losing by two goals To me it was a little bit too late Of course It's easy to say it from from the couch and just watching the game and enjoying it there There seems stuff that maybe we don't see during the game But I don't like when they wait until they're already down one or two goals in order for them to actually change what's going on I mean we saw in the first half we saw that it was not it was clearly not working at that point And this is this is why we are all not coaches because it's a hard thing. Yeah balance. I said it to you guys During the match like you have messy in your attack, right? Like that in and of itself kind of sorts it out and you've seen what he's done over the last three games And then I say, okay. Well, then if you know what you have with the formidable attack why don't you just lock down a defense and that's where I pull to the double pivot of a royal and Surging right like that's where I say that makes the most sense and then taught to change that and then I'm like, okay It's all over the place and then you're like, holy crap. We're down two goals now I've got to go ultra attacking and make these other substitutions. So it was a little bit all over the place tonight I think the game plan had to be adjusted From minute one really but once you go down those two goals, you don't really have any other choice and I think that Maybe getting a little bit I think Tata will do this getting Stability early on in a match where a team is going to pressure you because as we just said I think teams are gonna come Out and pressure Miami getting stability and building a foundation in order to you know Use your use your attackers as the way they can and trust them Then you can build yourself into a game a little bit more and have a more I don't even want to call it pragmatic because that just has like a negative connotation, but It's a style that that lets you stay in games and doesn't let you go down for two in the 80th minute or three one In the 63rd minute where you have to claw back into it If you can stay in it away from home with the pressure on you For a longer time and not go down two goals. Then you have a better fighting chance You're not gonna leave it to the 80th minute to score twice and then went on PKs to go to the quarterfinal You know time and time and time again So for maybe it maybe it's a little different when you think of MLS and league style play But for this, I mean later on this month FC Cincinnati away from home in the US Open Cup semifinal That's a huge game FC Cincinnati are a better opponent than FC Dallas FC Cincinnati you have a better home crowd than FC Dallas So TQL stadium is gonna be rocking and I think that that's another game to look at that has the same kind of stature as This game and I want to see a little bit of improvement, but we've got a ways to go until we get there Let's finish off League's Cup first Yeah, and for now they're gonna be playing the quarterfinals against Charlotte or Houston whoever wins tomorrow night All right, Jan Austin. Let's go into those last 10 minutes I mean, it was I don't know even know how this happened, but FC Dallas started to foul it Inter Miami players right outside the box, right? The the main thing that you have to do is avoid this Especially if you're up to goals you already did what was already very hard, which is you're winning the game for two You're at home those last 10 minutes You should just kick the ball as far as you can kick it and try to defend and don't foul anybody Close to the box, but that's what they did 80th minute a foul messy crosses the ball and the last goal the last one, right? Yeah, he just scored and I go last over that It was the best header of the night I mean they had a two or three or four chances to score on their other goal But then they scored on their own and it was his dream to finish off a messy assist. So he got that Well, I mean that those are the lucky luck like you were saying Austin and Jan I think you talked about it You have to be lucky sometimes And sometimes defenders go this way and they hit it and it just hits a crossbar or whatever But this time it was it was a goal So and that gave life again to a team that looked like already they were done and they were not I mean that was that was a key moment because you still had 10 or more minutes because they had the cooling break 10 or more minutes to Go for it and tie the game. So this this was for I mean to me This was a key play even more than the free kick and we're gonna talk about the free kick But this particular goal that was something that you could have avoided because that messy go last I mean, there's not much you can do about it this particular play you can try and I mean not do what they did Yeah, yeah, I mean it was it's poor defending I mean it is it is what it is and Miami got one Dallas got one It's kind of just the way it goes. I don't think wait. I don't believe that it was Velasco though. They don't remember For fun for fun, okay, either way either way it was a beautiful header into his own net and I think that It's it's one of those balls that I talked about with Velasco that gets super awkward for defenders in the goalkeeper Goalkeeper wasn't commanding enough defender is in an awkward position and his body was facing towards the goal I don't know what made him think to you know, stick his neck out and head it that way, but that's what happened I'd rather have seen him an attempt like a reverse bicycle kick just to like get it clear out the other way or something Exactly head it like that. It's just a it's a whole weird thing and I'm glad that I don't have to deal with it But Miami got lucky there and it gave them life I think you're right Alejandro because without that I don't know if I may get back into this one other than if they would have Gotten, you know this free kick and you know some other messy magic But this one this goal really seemed to like say, okay there is a fighting chance with 10 or 12 minutes or eight minutes to go whatever it was and we just need one little glimpse of the goal and Messi could make it happen and he did make it happen. So I think that this was a really key pivotal moment You're right. So yeah, there was an assist to Messi, right? For Messi, I'm telling you if I finally lived his dream now that was what he was waiting for But it was it was strange like I don't again I don't know if it was maybe it was the goalie Like you said he wasn't commanding enough because that can cause a lot of confusion within the defense like if the goalie doesn't come out and he's supposed to the deep to the defense has to react like in a split second on Something they weren't expecting to happen it also reminded me for a second like in like basketball when they they get confused and they run towards the opposite basket because Like why was he facing that way and it wasn't it didn't like I don't know that was that was strange But they had the game in their pocket Like they were ready to win and they gave us life and the last thing you ever want to do is give Messi Life in a game and and it was just it was such a crazy game a Scene that we scored that that own goal and then they score that own goal Like I was just like what am I watching? It was just an it's a because it was just a rollercoaster events because I was watching with family and I'm like, oh, this is it Then I'm like no we're in it. This is it. We're in it. It was just nuts But um, but yeah, definitely like they definitely Lost that one they had it in their pocket You don't want to give Messi life and Messi does what he always does a hundred especially for the goal in that particular play You know mess is gonna cross it. He's not gonna shoot from there We all knew he was gonna cross it and it was that that's what I think is different from the Velasco goal The Velasco goal is going in right? It's yeah, it's bending towards the goal This one was bending away from the goal So, you know, it's gonna it's gonna it's a cross for somebody to actually head it in When did I mean the Velasco one? It's it's actually going in and somebody can actually touch it and then go in as well So those are I mean those are tough Anyway, the defenders are coming in any offensive players come in as well and the goal if they don't go out It can be tricky for them. All right, let's now talk about the Messi moment Anna it's already talking about the gold my brother is here watching too Would have liked to see Joseph and Kapan at the same time we can talk about it maybe tomorrow in that second night of an episode a little bit more calm and and Talking about the options that we have but that Messi moment again and it came from a set play right that we were all expecting a Messi cross and then they get the ball to Taylor and Taylor I mean he cuts in and if he loses that ball, we are again running Back and I don't think we're getting there because the entire Dallas team was coming out and we were ready for that cross So we're not getting back in that particular place So again, they fouled right outside the box and they gave Messi the perfect spot at the perfect moment To score another go lasso here to tie the game 4-4. Alright, so Austin Take me through your thought process before Messi scored once again I know they're great free kick and people are gonna say oh, it's MLS and Messi scoring because there's MLS No, there's nobody touching that ball where Messi put it There's there's not and the referees didn't help them either by the way for anybody who wants to talk about the Orlando game So yeah Messi is just putting on a show and I think that it actually starts with His vision to find Robert Taylor on the initial free kick because I don't think that anybody was expecting that layoff from that area And I think with with Robert Taylor kind of gets really lucky because it doesn't seem like his first touch was you know clean and it gets out in front of him and then the Dallas defender clips the back of his leg and he and he gets to fall forward and it's 19 yards out and Messi gets to curl it in on his left foot you're kind of just like Holy moly now every time Messi's taking a free kick. We saw it against the Orlando game, too. Yep, dude Phones are out Everybody's standing like every ever since the cruises will debut You will not sit down for a messy free kick no matter where you are in the world Within like if he's wearing pink and he's right around that area It's like I was speaking with my dad. It's a penalty kick. It's literally he's converting it at a penalty kick rate at this point He's two for three in those areas. That's 66% I think he's like 74% or 75% in his penalty kick career. It's it's ridiculous what he's doing and I Never think to myself that it's gonna go in. I'm never that kind of person with free kicks. I'm like, no, there's no way There's no way I've only done it one time and it actually came true it was Gonzalo Higuain two years ago against New York Red Bulls and that was a rocket but There are no there is no time and now I guess I'm gonna have to change with the messy my expectation has to change If he starts letting me down, it's gonna be unfortunate, but I just I was like, there's no way There's just no way that this is about to happen. Like we're we're off. We're gonna be off for two weeks We're not gonna play until August 20th against Charlotte. It was a good run. Whatever Nope It hits the top corner and the replays are going and I'm like that is you cannot get a better Placement on a free kick than that. Like it's it's in a place that is unreachable for any goalkeeper in the world I don't care who you are or what position you're standing in. That's going to be tough And and he put it right there with with I just I don't know. It's it's ridiculous It's ridiculous what we're gonna see. I can't give you real analytics on it. Like I can't give you any analysis that makes sense It's just unbelievable what we're witnessing and don't expect it from anybody else Jan it seems like it's scripted, right? It's happened twice already both free kicks want to win the game The other one too tight after they were down two goals twice in a game that they started winning I mean, it looks like a movie looks like a great series This is gonna come on a Netflix one year or two years from now We're gonna be like how did this all happen to three weeks in a row, right? Yeah I mean, it's a whole season of Messy game or game tying up. This is a episode two of the messy freaking But that was just incredible. I think I don't I don't know how you like are the other team and you're not like Whatever you do don't follow anybody like anybody Or like put two people on each pose. I don't know. There's something different That was nuts and this this freak it was actually farther away than the previous one so that's why I was wondering I'm like All right. Is he gonna or is he gonna try to like lob it to Campana? I'm like no no shot He's going for the he's going for the equalizer and but it was actually like a lot farther in a different angle Yeah, because it was wider. It was wider. Yeah, it was a tougher tougher free kick in my opinion Then like the other ones that he's done, but I'm just like as soon as that foul happens and I see messy putting ball I'm just like looking at my family. I'm like, no way right? No way, right? No shot, right? I'm like, I'm like moving the I have like a beer bottle moving it off to the side Placing everything around to make sure I don't knock anything. I'm like just in case just in case guys But I mean, this is why we brought my messy to Miami for these moments Like these are the these are like the most clutch moments and he lives for clutch moments He's proven that time and time and again in his career that he's like insanely clutch whether it's from a free kick or some insane Play like this is why he came to Miami and I feel like I don't know you guys But I feel like unstoppable like it's crazy like you like it doesn't matter what like if anything this game proved to you it doesn't matter what happens if Messi's on the pitch you got a chance and Yeah, that was just insane. I'm not gonna be able to sleep tonight. I know that That's what we're doing this life. You can go a little bit Slowing down your heart rate and you can get it out before because if you go to bed with this in your head You're still not sleeping. It's like a support group Thank you to all of the more than 100 people that are watching this live 115 at this particular moment if you're here, please go and visit mosaic's calm There are sponsor here on Messi and co also price picks. I mean, what was your bed today on price pigs? Austin did you go for it took two goals or why what do you do? No, okay So I did it for the Orlando one and I told you about it Yeah, if you see messy shots on target at like to take the whole yeah Take the over and by the way, let me plug price mix really quick if you sign up with code 5 you get a hundred percent deposit match on your $100 bone or $100 entry whatever it is So they'll match your your entry up to a hundred dollars as soon as you sign up for price But so go ahead and do that. You can bet on all the messy games You can go ahead and click all of his player props all the time Always click the overs at this point free kicks 0.5. Take the over. I mean, it's ridiculous at this point, but yeah, I I'm at a loss for words anymore as as to what's going on and then Elantra he's got to step up for the first penalty too. Yeah, let's talk about it because he did tie the game He had another free kick. He had another shot too. And the Dallas defender was there he I was I was more sure about this particular play Jan and Austin than the actual free kick I thought I mean messy coming in to his left I thought I mean he's gonna score a goal last year and it's game over but then the defender got in the way and I Felt he was gonna be knocked out and no he stepped up and he continued play like nothing happened after that rocket hit him So props to him for staying in the game But yes They went to penalty kicks and this and they always say whoever kicks first has some sort of advantage It's just a percentage thing They got the chance to pick messy picked a kick first and he was the one doing it He's a specialist at this point. I feel like he's learned throughout his career after missing maybe a couple of Key penalty kicks with Barca and with Argentina I remember here in the USA in New York in that final and with Tata Martino coaching him playing Chile in the final he did miss that the penalty kick in the final and they lost that one and I mean it was haunting him for a little bit those important penalty kicks and him missing those but after the World Cup He hit all of them against Netherlands Hit against France in the game Against Croatian the semifinals and France in the final and then in the penalty kick session after the game as well So he's he's built for this moment he was not gonna get scared in Frisco, Texas. I'm sorry. It's just Yeah, but I mean it was it's important to always have somebody with this Experience to take them. I was I was uncomfortable with those kids. I just saw him miss Two for Spain recently, yeah One in the World Cup, right and I think against Morocco when they lost they lost. Yes He missed the last one the last one I think he also missed in the euros as well If I'm not mistaken in the nations, you have to check it out for nations like euros. Yeah, whatever. Yeah, I mean, yeah So I was not confident about those kids with messy house. I knew it was gonna happen. How's your feel about Miller? Well One thing one thing coaches have learned by the way And it's not something that was popular back when I first started watching football It was more like all right You want to save your penalty takers for like three or five to make sure that they like are the seal the deal? You got to put your best ones first because you don't know what's gonna happen in those first five if you have a chance to Take that fifth penalty and I think that Tata Martino I guess really played his cards, right? Because you get out on the front foot they sky their second penalty Paxton Pomichael skies his second penalty and boom You're in the lead the entire way and that's why going first you have that advantage Yeah talking about penalty kicks and taking the fifth one because you're the best player in the team I think he happened to Portugal with Cristiano You know, he happened to Brazil with Neymar and saving them for the last penalty kick I mean because it's it could be the most important one, but then sometimes it just doesn't get there like we saw it today that Dallas had to bring their best guy for radar before to kick the fourth one because they needed it At that particular point, so I mean it was important It wasn't a calendar save but they missed it and that was enough for them to have that advantage And then they just scored the five goals. So that was it I mean and if you score if you score all of your penalty kicks You're gonna advance because the other team is gonna miss it or your your goal is gonna say can we talk about how much faith? Thought that hasn't been a mosquito. Yeah, like I died that that age to be have that much responsibility That's that's nuts. I loved that actually. Yeah, I thought it was gonna be Alba. Maybe you're the oh, yeah, I thought so Yeah, Tata said postgame that Kramersky wanted it and that they had no problems with it Kramersky had no problems with it and he was confident enough to do it So that speaks a lot to the 18 year old Argentinean American who probably won't pick the u.s. Men's national Well, we'll see what happens with that for now inter Miami advances to the quarterfinals Thank you to all of you guys almost 160 people here watching life is almost 1 a.m. Here in South Florida I know you guys are watching from all over the world. I see people from India here my brothers in Chicago So it's a little earlier and Giovanni Samuel all of you. They're sending your messages Edward Let me see. Well, it's hobby Carlos Miss muse all of you. Thank you for all your comments. Leo also early here. Thank you very much We're gonna be doing this. We're gonna be doing this more often Whoever's not going to the game because now the rest of the games for the leaks cover gonna be here in South Florida Whoever's not going to the game. We're gonna try to do this a postgame reactions as soon as the game is over So you guys have that right away and then we're gonna put it on our podcast All right, a couple of comments that came here and then we can go sleep because tomorrow we all have to work All right. Giovanni says this is true Messi won't play on turf. But I mean they're playing here anyway, right? Yeah, no matter what if whether it's Houston or Charlotte, they'll play here So don't worry about the Charlotte big game being on turf and they won't play Charlotte on turf until the end of the year I think the next turf game you have to worry about is September 16th against Atlanta, so we'll get there when we get there Stop reading into all the the news and everything about it Just wait until it's game week and then we'll have the discussion But as for now Messi is planned to play in every single game coming up But for the most part at least in leaks up the games are going to be at home if they make it always in a final It might not be at home, but it's gonna be at home. Yeah, so there you go. Hey happy today I think we're all happy because we saw a great I mean it was an exciting game even though with there were a lot of mistakes a lot of errors and a lot of things Going on a lot of yeah dumb fouls or a lot of things that should not happen I mean that makes for a great game if you if you love Goals, I love I I rather have a 4-4 than a 0-0 So I love this game and to me was very exciting and I think everybody's if they're not watching They're gonna start doing it because this is just fun our friend the late case watching from Nigeria. Thank you People from India also and my brother like I just said he's just outside of Chicago He just watched Norman playing Chelsea over there. I sold your fuel. So that was a nice game to watch as well All right, guys. Thank you very much. We went for almost an hour. Thank you We had a lot of things to get off our chest. We did it today tomorrow We're gonna try to do another episode Ashley was dying to go to come here and and talk about what's just happened She's like talk about my tweets. I'm like, no, we're gonna save it for tomorrow's We have a lot of information a lot of reactions going on and also we can add like like you said Austin We can also add what Tata Martino said and all the posting comments that we couldn't have here because we're going Straight after this was over. So, thank you John. Thank you Austin Thank you to all of you guys, and we'll be ready to watch inter Miami play soon here in South Florida and Indonesia is also present here, Michigan. We have people from all over the place. What's up Moe? Thank you for watching We appreciate y'all. Yeah. Thank you. This is awesome. Thank you It is awesome. 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