Messi missed Inter Miami’s last two games and was not part of the Argentine team’s training camp. due to an overload in a thigh and, despite doing field work, he is still not ready to compete.
The Argentine began the season with three goals in three MLS games and two in two Concacaf Champions League games.scored in the round of 16 against Nashville.
The goal for the former Barcelona and Paris Saint Germain player is to return to the quarterfinals of the ‘ConcaChampions’ against the Mexican Monterrey, whose first leg will be played next Wednesday, April 3 in Miami.
But first, Martino’s team faces New York City at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale. on the sixth day of the MLS, called to respond after the 0-4 defeat suffered during the visit to the Red Bulls in New York.
On paper, it will be a more accessible duel for Inter Miami, because if the Red Bulls are third in the Eastern table, Tied with Florida and with one more game, City barely won one of their five games.
He is coming off a loss against Cincinnati and only scored three goals in five games.
Without Messi, it will be the Uruguayan Luis Suárez who will lead Inter Miami’s forward line, after starting the season with four goals in six MLS games and two in two from the Concacaf Champions League.
Spaniards Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba are also targeting Martino’s eleven. Busquets was seen last Thursday at the Miami Open, the 1,000th tennis Masters, in his compatriot Carlos Alcaraz’s match against the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.
Among the other notable meetings of the day, Argentine Sebastián Driussi’s Austin will face Spaniard Asier Illarramendi’s Dallas in a Texas derby.
The current champions of the Columbus Crew, with the Colombian Juan Camilo ‘Cucho’ Hernández at the helm, will face Nashville, while the runners-up Los Angeles FC will face the Colorado Rapids after the resounding 5-0 defeat of Nashville the previous day.
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