Messi’s health is always a question of status: almost completely excluded from MLS, how will he get to the tour with the national team?

Lionel Messi The 2024 season began with a pure goal (five in as many games played) and the InterMiami He is finding the results he is looking for, but at the same time the Argentine star is suffering physically.

He missed last Sunday’s match against Montreal Impact, after the brutal kick received by Lukas MacNaughton in the first leg of the match against Nashville SC for the Concachampions, and now The muscle strain would leave him out of the match that Las Garzas will play as a guest this Saturday against DC United for Major League Soccer (MLS).

“Leo had a problem with his right back and I wasn’t going to take any risks,” Tata Martino said after replacing him in the 49th minute against Nashville last Wednesday. “He’s pretty much ruled out of the DC game. I’m waiting for the test results to see exactly what he has,” added Javier Morales, one of his field assistants, in the last few hours.

The best footballer in the world will arrive in cotton for the friendlies with the Argentine national team, which will debut with the new shirt against El Salvador, in Philadelphia, and Costa Rica, in Los Angeles, on 22 and 26 March. respectively.

In the meantime, MLS will continue to be played and Messi will not be able to be present in the clash against Red Bull New York Saturday 23 March. He could only return to play with his club the following week, when he receives the FC New York City at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale.

In any case, his next big goal will arrive in the first days of April. The first leg of the quarter-finals of the Concachampions against should begin on Tuesday 2nd Striped from Monterrey, one of the best winners of that competition.

The Mexican team, champions in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2019 and 2021, has a legion of Argentines like Las Garzas. The goalkeeper is on the team Esteban Andradathe midfielders Jorge “Corcho” Rodríguez AND Massimiliano Mezza and the attacker German Berterame. And there’s more: the coach is there Fernando Ortiz.

Monterrey, an important Concacaf team, will be a tough nut to crack for Messi’s team. His five continental titles are surpassed only by America (7) e Blue Cross (6). Inter Miami, meanwhile, seeks its first coronation and to be the fourth American team to do so since Seattle sirens (2022), Los Angeles Galaxy (2000) e DC United (1998).