After Inter Miami were routed 0-3 by Orlando and fell to 1-5-1 in its last seven matches across all competitions, Lionel Messi, who rarely gives interviews after matches, told Apple TV that it’s imperative for the team to stick together.

“It’s a difficult time, but we’re going to come through this,” Messi said in Spanish. “Now we’ll really see if we’re a team. These are difficult times. When everything is going well it’s very easy, but when difficult times come — like now — we have to be more united than ever, be a real team, and get through it.”