Nashville coach hails 'unplayable' Messi in final defeat

Lionel Messi scored and dispatched a penalty in Inter Miami's Leagues Cup final win over Nashville.

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00:00 A big part of it of course is to try and deny Messi time on the ball, opportunity in the

00:07 final third and connections. Such an intelligent and talented player, he's had what everyone

00:17 knows. And they're also connecting, you know, connections, points, dots, brusquets and Alba

00:26 of course, they're easy ones to look at. But his relationship with Taylor has developed

00:32 incredibly over the course of six or seven games. I think Taylor's output and goal-scoring

00:38 creation has gone through the roof because of it. This is the first time that I've seen

00:44 him play live and I think what I would take away from it is this, that there are moments

00:55 in the game that he's just unplayable. It's not over a prolonged period, it's not for

01:03 90 minutes. There are windows where he just comes to life and it's almost impossible to

01:13 deal with what he is wanting to do. And I think obviously that's the calibre of the

01:20 individual.