US Open Cup Final: "It will be difficult against Messi and his teammates"

"We know that it will be difficult against Lionel Messi and his teammates, who they will play at home": this is how the Panamanian Adalberto Carrasquilla summarizes his vision prior to the match that his team, the Houston Dynamo, will hold against Inter Miami on September 27 for the US Open Cup final.

An important figure in his country's national team, the midfielder stated that Dynamo "wants to win that final no matter what," and said that "the time will come to focus on that, but it will be a very contested final because I feel that our team is doing well and we have to take advantage of it."

In his appearance before the media after the Panama-Guatemala duel on matchday 2 of the Concacaf Nations League, Carrasquilla concluded by exposing his conviction that "we can win it on the road".

As you know, Inter Miami He has not known defeat in his last 12 matches, in which they achieved eight wins and four draws.

In that period, in addition, the club won the first trophy for its showcases by winning the Leagues Cup on penalties against Nashville SC, and even managed to get out of the bottom of the Eastern Conference classification of Major League Soccer.

To reach the final of the US Open Cup, Messi and his troops They had to reach the lottery of shots from the white patch from the area against Cincinnati, while the Houston squad defeated Real Salt Lake 3-1.