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Lionel Messi is ready to make his debut again as the club is going to open the Leagues Cup tournament with a presentation to the club Atlas of Mexico on Wednesday, July 30. The Argentine superstar will be back in the Chase Stadium after a one-game suspension due to missing the MLS All-Star Game, which the Inter Miami fans critically observed with the absence of Messi.
The coach of Inter Miami, Javier Mascherano, confirmed that Messi will be available at full strength in the important game against Atlas. The suspension has made Messi sit out a goalless draw with FC Cincinnati on July 26, which was his first ever match absence since April 27. In his period of active performance, Messi played in all the possible games, 22 of the 23 games in the MLS regular season, the Concacaf Champions Cup, and the FIFA Club World Cup.
Inter Miami Coach Sees Silver Lining in Messi’s Suspension
Mascherano feels that the enforced hiatus was a good thing for his star player. The Inter Miami coach said, however, in a sense, the break was good to him. Not being able to play a few games had a silver lining in my forced rest after a lot of successive games. Because Inter Miami has had such a busy schedule of 10 matches over 34 days, the fresh Messi could become a key player in the team.
Inter Miami could not have wished it to be at a better time as they seek to reclaim their Leagues Cup crown that they won in 2023. Shortly after joining MLS in July 2023, Messi made a significant contribution in a maiden trophy win with Inter Miami on the side in the initial Leagues Cup tournament. He is returning at an opportune moment when Inter Miami still wants to defend the title.
Atlas will be a tough opponent when Inter Miami plays in the Leagues Cup opener. The advantage in this case goes to the Mexican club in the figure of their coach Gonzalo Pineda, who has had a run-in with Messi and Inter Miami several times in the MLS, where he had coached Atlanta United. Pineda is aware of the power that Pineda has in its star-studded lineup that comprises Messi, Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets, and Jordi Alba.
Pineda reiterated his plan to hold the ball and restrict the areas of the stars in the Miami Inter team. I will tell them perhaps it is Lionel and not Messi, said Pineda on how he is going to mentally prepare his Atlas players to confront the Argentine legend.
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