Martino: Lionel Messi will make Miami return before MLS playoffs - ESPN

23.08.2024 - 19:14 espn.com

Inter Miami head coach Gerardo «Tata» Martino said Friday that Lionel Messi will soon be ready to join the team for training and insisted he will return to the field before the end of the MLS regular season.

Messi has been sidelined with an ankle ligament injury since exiting the pitch at Hard Rock Stadium in the July 14 Copa América final between Argentina and Colombia.

He missed Miami's entire 2024 Leagues Cup campaign with the right ankle problem and looks set to sit out the next few MLS regular-season matches as well.

The forward was also omitted from Argentina's national team roster for the September round of World Cup qualifiers against Chile and Colombia. «No [the injury is not more serious than anticipated] the times are more or less there,» Martino said in a news conference on Friday. «He is not training with the group.

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