American club Inter Miami, which once again missed the efforts of its Argentine star Lionel Messi due to injury, fell into a positive draw against its guest, New York Knicks City FC, 1-1, on Saturday in the American Football League, which reduced its chances of reaching the playoffs.
This is the third match in a row in which Inter failed to win, while doubts loom over the physical condition of Messi (36 years old), who returned from international duty with his country at the beginning of September and is suffering from “muscle fatigue,” according to what his coach and compatriot Gerardo “Tata” said. “Martino. Since then, the Qatar World Cup champion last year played only 37 minutes against Toronto on September 20, and missed four matches, including three in a row. “He is training on the field, he is not doing the same thing as the team, but he is feeling better and better,” Martino confirmed when asked about Messi’s situation.
He continued, denying rumors about the end of the young “flea’s” season, “I cannot say that he will not play against Chicago (Wednesday) because he is training better and better. We have no choice but to evaluate his condition day after day.” Messi also missed the Argentine national team’s 3-0 victory over Bolivia in the South American continent’s qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, and he watched from the stands his Inter Miami team’s loss to the Houston Dynamo 1-2 in the US Open Cup final.
Inter, which was also missing Messi’s former Barcelona teammate, the Spaniard Jordi Alba, snatched a draw in overtime against New York FC with a late goal from Argentine Thomas Aviles (90+5), in response to the lead goal from Uruguayan Santiago Rodriguez (77). Inter’s chances of reaching the playoffs have diminished, as it occupies thirteenth place in the Eastern Region with 33 points, 4 points behind Montreal, which is in ninth place and last qualifies for the playoffs, four stages before the end of the regular season.
2023-10-01 08:08:59
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