
Mascherano: Miami 'clearly Messi-dependent'
Lizzy Becherano
created: May 3, 2025, 4:07 p.m. | updated: May 3, 2025, 8:14 p.m.
The CCL result marks the third defeat in six days for Miami, a team previously unbeaten in Major League Soccer prior to April 27.
"Teams have been dependent on Messi," Mascherano said during a news conference on Friday.
"In other words, when you have a player like Messi, you're clearly going to develop a dependency on him.
"We have to keep our heads down, work hard, become stronger as a group, and know that we have to break out of this dynamic of losing these three games," Mascherano said.
Miami sits in fifth place on the Eastern Conference table with 18 points in nine games.
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