The surprising elimination of Inter Miami against Atlanta United in the first round of the American Soccer League (MLS) playoffs is beginning to have consequences on the franchise. The Argentine coach Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino He will leave his position as technical director for “personal reasons”, as confirmed by club sources.
Martino, who served on benches such as those of the Barcelona Football Club and the Argentine and Paraguayan national teams, led the team that has Lionel Messi as its top star to finish first in the regular season, but suffered an unexpected elimination at the first opportunity in the playoffs for the title.
The Argentine coach He arrived at Inter Miami in June 2023 as part of the transformation of the club that occurred with the arrival of Messi. With him on the bench, they won the Leagues Cup last year, a joint tournament between MLS clubs and the Mexican League.
Loud crash
Already this year, Inter Miami dominated the regular phase of the American league and won the Supporters’ Shield (title for the team with the best overall record), an achievement thatled FIFA to grant it a place in the first Club World Cup, which will be played in June and July 2025 on American soil with the participation of 32 teams from around the planet. However, at the moment of truth, at the start of the playoffs, those from Miami were eliminated against Atlanta, Martino’s former team.
Sources from the Miami franchise did not specify what the “personal reasons” were that led Martino to make the decision to leave before the end of his contract.
Inter Miami simply announced that the coach will hold a press conference on Friday with the club’s co-owner, Jorge Mas, and the president of Football Operations, Raúl Sanllehí.
An extensive resume
Martino left his mark as coach of the Paraguay national team, which he led to the final of the 2011 Copa América in Argentina, won by Uruguay.
After impressing at Newell’s Old Boys in the Argentine league, he spent one season (2013-2014) in charge of Barcelona before taking over as Argentina coach after the 2014 World Cup in Brazil for two years.
In the Catalan team he coached Messi and the current Inter Miami players, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets.
In 2016 he joined Atlanta United, with whom he won the MLS Cup (league title) in 2018 and then took charge of the Mexico national team, which he led from 2019 until November 2022.
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