Lionel Messi was 'just unplayable' in Inter Miami's League Cup victory, admitted beaten Nashville manager Gary Smith.
which did not allow the forward to see much of the ball. But the manager believes that the World Cup winner was still "unplayable" with whatever few touches he had during the match.
"He literally had two efforts at goal in the game, I want to say he probably didn't touch the ball more than eight or ten times. But the unfortunate thing is, he is just unplayable in those moments," he said. "Part of the process was to obviously try and limit that, crazily he ended up on the ball through strange circumstances, bit of a ricochet and the rest of it you're fully aware of. He's absolutely clinical and the finish is magnificent.
"The games that we watched leading into our match-up, some of the teams over here had probably just given him a little bit too much respect," he added.After winning the 44th title in his career, Messi will be in action Wednesday evening in the semi-final of the
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