After nearly a week of treatment for a right hamstring injury, Messi suddenly appeared back at Inter Miami’s training ground on March 21 and took light jogs. He has not yet practiced with the team.
According to journalist Hernan Claus of Diario Ole (Argentina): “Everything is going well for Messi. This famous player aims to achieve optimal condition and form to return to play from the first leg of the quarterfinals.” CONCACAF Champions Cup when Inter Miami hosts Monterrey (Mexico) at home.
In addition to Messi returning to training as expected, Inter Miami also received good news when striker Benjamin Cremaschi also began the process of recovering from injury and is about to return to play.
However, the team of former football player David Beckham as president and co-owner is currently facing a force crisis due to the FIFA Days match schedule. Up to 6 main players of Inter Miami were called up to play on the teams on this occasion, including number 1 goalkeeper Drake Callender who was just called up to the US team.
In addition, the “trilogy” of young midfielders who are currently playing include Diego Gomez (Paraguay team), David Ruiz (Honduras) and Federico Redondo (Argentina U.23 team) are all on international duty. Players Shanyder Borgelin and Israel Boatwright were also called up to the Haiti and Dominican Republic teams, respectively.
Only one key player of Inter Miami, midfielder Robert Taylor (usually replacing Messi), withdrew from the Finnish team competing in the EURO 2024 play-off semi-final against the Wales team (at 2:00 p.m.). 45, March 22).
Also due to injury, Messi withdrew from Argentina’s two matches against El Salvador (March 23) and Costa Rica (March 27) taking place in the US.
During the FIFA Days match schedule, the MLS (USA) tournament continues to play. Therefore, Inter Miami Club is missing a series of stars and will have to rely heavily on Suarez, Busquets and Jordi Alba to play the matches against New York Red Bulls and New York City FC on March 24 and March 31, respectively.
Inter Miami is leading the MLS 2024 Eastern region rankings with 10 points, after 5 matches, including 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
