Lionel Messi was substituted out injured for Inter Miami in their penalty shootout win against Club Necaxa in the Leagues Cup.
Messi started Inter Miami’s Leagues Cup match against Club Necaxa but was shortly substituted out. Messi was running towards the Necaxa back line and was tackled.
He was substituted out shortly after going back down. Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano spoke about Messi’s injury at a press conference after the match. Here is what he had to say:
“Messi felt discomfort in the hamstring muscle, and we won’t know the extent of the injury until tomorrow… But it might not be too serious because he didn’t feel severe pain, just discomfort.”
@Csabalala I agree that our current strength lies at the Mdfielders+Alvarez that contains creative dependable,worksholic players and with a faire chemistry that has been bonded since Quatar22. The only challenge is Depaul’s sign of slowing dawn at NT quite lately. In a postive development Almada and Simone have shown a glimpsie of hope and Scaloni needs to come up with a different game plan to sustain these 02 and perhaps more like Soule, for instance.
I agree on your point that it is too earily to integrate most of the talent pools but the roster is very encouraging for the long term.
Messi in Miami is like Dybala “discomfort man”, 38 years old, still a cheat code but unable to play a whole tournament without injury, still one of Messi/Dybala should be there in WC, after Messi/Di Maria/Dybala we have no creative superstar with great end product. Echeverri/Mastantuono/Montoro are all talented but unexperienced kids. Almada is good but a second option maximum imo. Soule is better and better but still very poor end product, maybe Gasperini unlocks him. Nico Paz/Carboni/Buonanotte are still small team warriors. Paz can be a good midfielder (8) in a big team but not an attacking superstar materia with 20 goals 15 assists minimum in a club season imo. Garnacho and Simeone our only two young wingers with pace and high top speed but still lack finishing skills, decision making and below average dribbling skills, they are just athletic off the ball players. I dont see a single one youngster who can replace Messi/Di Maria role in WC yet (too early for most of them) so maybe Scaloni will play without high ceiling attacking player, if Messi will be unable to start, and 4 midfielders or even 5 with Almada like vs Brazil. Our midfielders with Alvarez are our biggest weapons now.