Lionel Messi missed Inter Miami’s win over D.C. United in Washington on Saturday.© AFP
Lionel Messi has been dominated out of Argentina’s upcoming friendlies in the USA resulting from a hamstring damage, the Argentina Soccer Affiliation confirmed on Monday. The Inter Miami famous person was resulting from line up for the world champions in friendlies towards El Salvador in Philadelphia on Friday earlier than dealing with Costa Rica in Los Angeles on March 26. Nevertheless, the 36-year-old Argentine captain has not recovered after tweaking a hamstring throughout Miami’s 3-1 victory over Nashville within the CONCACAF Champions Cup final week.
Messi, who was substituted simply after half-time within the win over Nashville, missed Miami’s win over D.C. United in Washington on Saturday.
“The captain of Argentina, Lionel Messi, will be unable to be within the squad for the friendlies in USA resulting from a minor damage to the hamstring of his proper leg suffered in his workforce’s match towards Nashville SC,” the Argentine federation mentioned in a submit on X, previously Twitter.
Miami coach Gerardo Martino had hinted after his workforce’s win over Washington on Saturday that Messi would possibly miss the March internationals, saying the workforce needed to make sure he was match for subsequent month’s CONCACAF Champions Cup quarter-finals.
“It’s clear that with him there may be an goal that he can play within the quarter-finals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup. We’re not going to take any dangers,” Martino mentioned.
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