How many games will Lionel Messi miss for Inter Miami after sustaining injury against Nashville?

Lionel Messi is doubtful to face DC United after suffering a hamstring scare

After defeating Nashville, Inter Miami advanced to the CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinals, where they will take on the victor of Monterrey vs. Cincinnati. There is very little possibility that Lionel Messi will play in Saturday’s match against DC United, Tata Martino informed reporters after the game.

After fifty minutes, the World Cup winner from Qatar 2022 departed the pitch and was replaced by Robert Taylor. Martino clarified that Messi’s right hamstring ailment prompted the precautionary removal of the player.

It indicates that he will be rested for the trip to DC United on Saturday and that he won’t be available for the game after that because he will be playing for Argentina on international duty.

Due to a shin injury, Messi was forced to miss the most recent encounter against Montreal. As a result, Inter Miami may be without its legendary forward for three straight Major League Soccer games.

Due to an overabundance of opportunities to play at the beginning of the season, Messi was rested. The hectic beginning of the season in the United States combined with the Asian tour started to take a toll and exposed the minute management issues from the previous year, which resulted in Leo’s forced absence during the most crucial stretch of the campaign.

Messi’s upcoming Inter Miami match won’t be until the final day of the month as he missed the DC United match. Next week, he is expected to report for duty with Argentina and participate in two exhibitions leading up to the Copa América, which will be hosted in the United States this summer.

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The World Cup winners are scheduled to play Costa Rica in Los Angeles on March 26 and El Salvador in Philadelphia on Friday, March 22. This implies that Messi will likewise be absent from Saturday, March 23,’s matchday 5 matchup with the New York Red Bulls.

Messi will be abroad for a few weeks while representing Argentina on the international stage. The forward will keep training and is expected to play in both of Scaloni’s team’s friendlies.

However, this time, he won’t experience the same jet lag as he did during the South American qualifiers because both friendlies will take place in the United States, which effectively lowers the number of miles Miami’s biggest star might have accrued if they were played abroad.

Leo has hundreds of goals to achieve and an entire year filled with tough tournaments. To make the 36-year-old forward’s workload more tolerable, Inter Miami and the AFA must get along well.

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