Messi celebrates Inter Miami’s MLS title and discusses Columbus final

Uh, how do you do it?

Tell me about it, I always ask you… …because

it’s like… I saw you with immense happiness

because uh… …yesterday I was at the draw and everyone

was saying to me, we all were hoping that… players,

uh… …fields… what is this for you?

No, honestly it’s such a happiness, right?

Because when we got to this club it was a…

…a big challenge, right?

Being able to uh… being able to put it at the very top,

right?… …because it was a uh… new club, so

to speak. And we were lucky enough to arrive

and win the… the Leagues Cup, the first…

…the first tournament for… for this institution

and… …and this year we had uh… we had a ton of

matches, a lot of competition… …and in all of them

we competed, we reached finals, semifinals,

uh… …we went to the Club World Cup, we did

a really good role… and the goal was this one,

right?

Uh… to be MLS champion in order to… …so

the club keeps growing, to position it

up there, uh… it was a great challenge when

I came here, to be able to do that and… …and

well, that is why the… the joy of being able to achieve it.

You are a standard-bearer, today the stadium is full. They

were telling me that four years ago you played in an

empty stadium. Today it is a party, being champions of the

United States in this soccer. Yes, honestly …

since we arrived, the stadium is always full.

Last year we finished first in the league

and unfortunately, uh… in the first matchup

we ended up getting knocked out with the home-field

factor… ours. This year it was… it was different because

it is a league that… that gives you options to…

to make the playoffs, but the playoffs

after that are… are complicated, because you

have to play away and it is very hard. Today

we played against Columbus, who… who are a great

team, in fact they had knocked us out of

the Concachampions… in the semifinals and…

…and today at times they took control of the match,

we were lucky when we made it one to one…

…that the chance we had did not go in and we scored

the goal just in time because… because they were coming

and then at two to one it already… already changed

again, right?

But… but it is not easy, honestly, to win

MLS and even more for… for this club that has just

grown and it is… it is an important step to be able…

…to be able to win titles so that the club

can keep growing. On top of that, you made a recovery

in the second half. Ball recovery, assist

and goal. Yes, honestly yes, it worked out that

we were right there, uh… pressing and… …and

the match was tough, like I told you, because

they caught us… …they had taken control

of… of the game and they have good

players, they have a kind of… …dynamic midfield, uh…

up front they are… they are fast, they can unbalance…

…Müller’s arrival gave more status to the

team and… …and well, honestly… that

it is a great team. At times… …they imposed themselves

in the game, but luckily we were able to pull it

off.