Gerardo Martino steps down as technical director of Inter Miami

He Inter Miami faces an unexpected situation due to resignation Gerardo Martino for the position of technical director. According to journalist Tom Bogert, a renowned information specialist MLSThe 64-year-old Argentine adviser’s decision was due to “personal reasons.” Although the club’s board attempted to retain him, Newell’s former contact decided to sever the connection. He will hold a press conference next Friday to formally announce his departure and explain the reasons.

WITH Lionel Messi As a banner, Martino led Miami to a league-record 74 points in the regular season, winning the Supporters’ Shield trophy, which Major League Soccer awards to the team that scores the most units in the first phase of the competition. However, he unexpectedly lost in the first round of the playoffs to ninth team Atlanta United, his former club, in a three-game draw.

With one of the most star-studded teams in the tournament, Inter Miami has achieved significant success under Martino’s leadership. In 2023 they won the League Cup.the first title in Florida franchise history. And he lifted the Supporters’ Shield in 2024 thanks to a solid campaign built on impressive offensive capabilities. The team scored 79 goals, the best in MLS this season, thanks to a combination of the experience of its players such as the aforementioned Messi, Sergio Busquets, Luis Suarez and Jordi Alba, and the strength of young talent such as Diego Gomez. , Federico Redondo and Tomas Aviles.

“Managing owner of the Inter Miami football club,” Jorge MasPresident of Football Operations Raoul Sanllehi, and Head Coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino will address the media at a press conference on Friday, November 22 at 10:30 a.m. ET in the Chase Stadium Press Room following the historic 2024 season,” the club announced. . who did not officially confirm the news, but confirmed it unofficially through close sources.

Martino’s arrival at Inter Miami in mid-2023 coincided with Messi’s arrival, raising expectations around the club. Tata has already coached the star in Barcelona and in the Argentina national team, with which they reached two finals in America (Chile 2015 and USA 2016), in which they lost to Chile on penalties.

Martino was no stranger to the MLS scene, as his time with Atlanta United led to an MLS Cup victory in 2018, a defining achievement for the team making its debut in the league. After a stint in Georgia, Martino led Mexico to the World Cup in Qatar and then found himself in Las Garzas, who now need to find a suitable replacement to achieve another breakthrough in their sporting history.

“There have been good and bad moments this season. If you think about where we were last November, it is clear that there is progress within the club, not just the team. But when you consider the expectations of the playoffs, we clearly fell short of expectations.”

“,” he said after the liquidation of MLS.

“We are sad, as we should be, when there were so many expectations and the team could not live up to them. In this last half of the year, we have become accustomed to achieving our goals, but we have not been able to achieve the most important of them,” he concluded ten days ago, after the blow dealt to the pink team that was the best candidate to wear the crown of North American football.