Inter Miami star Lionel Messi will miss the staff’s Leagues Cup match towards Pumas UNAM on Wednesday following a proper leg harm he suffered over the weekend.
Messi’s muscle harm has been described as “minor” and “slight” by staff officers, and coach Javier Mascherano has motive to hope that Messi will not want a lot time to recuperate.
“Sure, I spoke to (Messi),” Mascherano mentioned at a press convention Tuesday. “Properly, the membership issued an announcement that was very clear. It is a slight harm, inside the dangerous information, it is excellent news.
“We do not prefer to estimate a return, particularly in Leo’s (case). He normally recovers very nicely from accidents and above all, usually does with velocity. So we’ll see, however clearly for (Wednesday) he’s unavailable. However then we’ll see how he feels, how he progresses.”
Messi got here out of Miami’s Leagues Cup match towards Necaxa on Saturday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., within the eleventh minute, shortly after getting harm in a collision with two opponents.
Miami has one regulation win and one penalty shootout win via its first two Leagues Cup matches, good for 5 factors and third place amongst MLS groups. The Pumas match would be the membership’s final within the group stage, after which the highest 4 MLS groups will advance to the knockouts to face Liga MX’s prime 4.
Inter Miami resumes MLS regular-season motion on Sunday at rival Orlando Metropolis.
An eight-time Ballon d’Or winner and a 2022 World Cup champion with Argentina, Messi is in his third season with Inter Miami.
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