Before the friendly match with the Argentine national team, Lionel Messi trained alone in Miami and Tata Martino spoke about his recovery

It will be strange to see the Argentina national team on the pitch for the friendly against The Saviour this Friday, without the presence of Lionel Messi. The Argentine captain, who always wants to be there, was excluded from the FIFA event due to a muscle injury and is working to recover with the goal of reaching the quarter-finals of the Concachampions, on April 3 against Rayados de Monterrey. However, their participation is by no means guaranteed…

“Not yet, I think today is only the fourth day he’s been on the pitch.”Gerardo Tata Martino stated this briefly this Friday, when he was consulted on the evolution of Leo. Some time earlier Messi had added light training at the Inter Miami facility and his recovery is progressing as expected, but the Argentine coach warned that it is still too early to know when he will return to the pitch.

For now, the hamstring injury in his right leg has caused Leo to miss the match against 2019. DC United and, at the very least, He will also be missing from Inter’s next two MLS matches.: vs. NY Red Bull (3/23) and New York City (3/30). On Wednesday 3 April, the day of the first leg against Rayados, 21 days of inactivity will have passed since the last presentation.

Beyond Messi, Martino will have to juggle to face Saturday’s duel in an MLS that does not stop despite the FIFA date.

Between injured and called up to the national team, Inter Miami adds nine more victims: Federico Redondo, Drake Callender, Leonardo Campana, Nicolás Freire, Benjamín Cremaschi, Diego Gómez, David Ruiz, Shanyder Borgelin and Israel Boatwright.