Messi missed Inter Miami’s last match, and his coach made statements about his injury
Argentine star Lionel Messi missed participating in his team Inter Miami’s match against DC United, within the American League competitions, which will make him miss his country’s next national team camp due to the injury he is suffering from!
The Argentine national team is preparing to participate in the Copa America, with two friendly matches against El Salvador on March 23 and Costa Rica on the 27 of the same month, both of which Messi will miss due to injury.
The newspaper “Mundo Deportivo” indicated that Messi is suffering from a hamstring injury in his right leg, which caused him to leave Inter Miami’s match against Nashville last Wednesday, an injury that will make him miss the matches between El Salvador and Costa Rica.
The newspaper added that Inter Miami coach Tata Martino said during the press conference after the match: “Our goal is for Lionel Messi to arrive in good condition for the quarter-final match in the CONCACAF Champions Cup.”
Martino added: “The injury that Messi is suffering from must be dealt with week after week, and we have time and the injury will be evaluated on an ongoing basis.”
The Argentine national team is suffering from a series of other injuries, as it was announced yesterday, Saturday, that Paulo Dybala was injured, in addition to Lisandro Martinez suffering from a knee ligament sprain last February, and Boca Juniors centre-back Nicolas Valentini was included in place of Bournemouth player Marcos Sensi due to… Injury too.