Lionel Messi is returning to the Inter Miami Playing XI, with the team saying his absence with a hamstring injury will end in Saturday’s MLS home game against the Colorado Rapids.
Lionel Messi has missed Inter Miami’s last 4 games, including one on Wednesday when the club squandered a 1-0 lead to lose 2-1 to Mexico’s Monterrey in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinals.
Tensions came to a head after that physical game when members of both teams – including Lionel Messi – engaged in a post-match shouting match near the dressing room at Chase Stadium.
Inter Miami finished the game a man down, leading to Monterrey’s comeback.
Will Lionel Messi playing today against Colorado?
“We know what those games are. They’re played with intensity,” Inter Miami assistant coach Javi Morales said Friday. “But the truth is that the most important thing happened on the field. We played against a great rival. Yes, unfortunately, when we went down to 10 players, we did not keep the result. But now we have to go to Monterrey and try to do it in the best way so that we can advance.”
The 2nd leg of the Miami-Monterrey series is Wednesday. And Lionel Messi would count on being available given that he will be in the squad on Saturday.
Lionel Messi has not played since March 13 and also missed Argentina’s last 2 matches against El Salvador and Costa Rica. He practiced with Miami on Friday.
“He’s getting better every day,” Javi Morales said.
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