Messi has returned to training with Inter Miami but Martino has warned that he is in doubt for the duel with Monterrey for the Concachampions

Lionel Messi He returned to training on Tuesday. InterMiamibut the Argentine star is still in doubt whether he will play against the Monterey for the quarter-finals of the call-up ConcacampioniTHE CONCACAF Champions Cupsaid the Argentine coach Gerardo Martino.

The 36-year-old striker has not played since March 13, when he suffered a muscle overload in the right leg in the return match against Nashville SC for the round of 16 of the regional tournament.

On Wednesday evening, Inter Miami will host the Rayados in the first leg of one of the quarter-finals of this competition which rewards the winner with a ticket to play in the Club World Cup next year, an event in which Real Madrid, Manchester City, PSG and other giants of the football planet are already confirmed.

“Tomorrow we will define, not today,” Martino said at a press conference on Messi’s condition. “Leo has been training, but there are 24 hours left.”

“Tata” Martino added him, even if his desire is to have Messi in a key match he’s not going to risk it if it is not fully recovered.

“Even if tomorrow’s match is important, we are only in April, for us it is only the beginning and we cannot put our player’s condition at risk,” said the Argentine coach. “We will decide what is best for Leo, we will try to make the right decisions.”

Due to the injury, Messi missed the two matches that the Selection Argentina played in the United States at the end of March, as well as three other matches in MLS.

The presence of the “Flea” is fundamental for Inter Miami’s ambitions. The Herons They have lost two out of three games without Messi’s presence on the pitch and are undefeated in the five games played, scoring five goals and two assists.

In addition to Messi, Inter Miami was also injured Beniamino Cremaschi, Federico Redondo, Facundo Farías, Serhiy Kryvcov, Ian Frey, Robbie Robinson AND Nicolas Freire.

Martino said that, among everyone, only Freire (Argentinian central defender who arrived this year from the Mexican club Pumas) and Messi could play against Monterrey.

“We have to face the game without any excuse and even with the difficulties we are having, we compete and compete well,” added Martino. “We want to compete even with absences and when we have everyone we will be stronger.”

Monterrey, the team with the most popular team in Liga MX, enters the series after going undefeated last weekend and is second in the Clausura.

The former Boca and Lanús goalkeeper, Esteban Andrada; the former Estudiantes and Banfield, Jorge “Corcho” Rodríguez; the former Gimnasia and Independiente, Massimiliano Mezzaand the Cordovan German Berterametrained in San Lorenzo and on the Board of Directors for some time, they are the Argentinians of the powerful Mexican team, led by a coach also from these latitudes, Fernando “el Tano” Ortiz46 years old, remembered former footballer who made his professional debut at Boca de Bianchi and with a promising career as a coach on Aztec soil.

“I have the same nerves as when you play an important match, which is what generates the situation of playing against a difficult opponent like Monterrey,” he said. Luis Suarezthe Uruguayan striker celebrating his first season with Inter Miami.

“We are excited because the club has never won (CONCACAF) and people are waiting, it’s up to us to prove it,” added the former Barcelona player, who hopes to reunite with teammate Lionel on the pitch.