Whoever has the impression that every other day there is a match between Lionel Messi and Inter Miami is not so wrong. The crack will play again this Wednesday in what will be his tenth appearance with the beach club and the overload of minutes is already a concern, even when American soccer is not exactly characterized by its level of demand.
Since his Leagues Cup debut just over a month ago, Messi has played 9 games in 36 days, giving him an average of one game every four days. Consequently, the consultation for the minutes of Rosario has already become common in the press conferences of Gerardo Martino, the team’s coach.
“The key game to recover (energy) was last against New York. If there is no problem, Messi will be part of the game,” said Tata, with which it is expected that the 10th will be from the beginning on a new date of the American MLS.
This Wednesday’s game will start at 8:30 p.m. in Fort Lauderdale and will be against Nashville, a team he has already faced in no less than the Leagues Cup final: a 1-1 draw in regular time (his goal) and a dramatic 11 to 10 on penalties, with the final conversion by goalkeeper Drake Callender and a save on his rival colleague with the poetic last name, Elliot Panicco. Television will be through the Apple TV platform.
“Having a footballer like Lionel, it’s very difficult not to design the team around him. We want to achieve his best version and the schemes we use we always do thinking so that he has a greater impact within the game,” added the former Newell’s and National Team coach. Argentina.
Messi has just come off the bench for his MLS debut, last Saturday against New York, with a 2-0 win and another goal from him in just 30 minutes of play.
Of his 9 games in Miami, 7 were as starters while accumulating 30 minutes of extra time and three definitions by penalties. It goes without saying that Leo always ended up celebrating either in regular time (6 wins) or on penalties after a draw (3). His goalscoring tally is 11, with the curiosity that he only did not score in one game and still has no hat tricks, a specialty of the house. In terms of assists, he adds 3.
Although it was not assisted, Messi comes from delighting locals and strangers with a notable pass to Benjamín Cremaschi in the win over New York, a move that ended with the man from Rosario pushing the ball under the goal. Martino referred sympathetically about that play: “It’s the first time I’ve seen the pass no less than ten times and I really can’t find out anywhere how Cremaschi saw it.”
Inter Miami has 11 games left to reach the MLS playoffs. At the moment, the team is penultimate in its zone with 21 points (in 23 games): it is 11 away from the playoff spot (Chicago Fire, 32 points with 25 games) and 17 from seventh place, which qualifies directly for the playoffs (Nasvhille , 38 at 25).
The league match raid will end on October 21 and in the middle he still has to play the US Open Cup final against Houston Dynamo, which would be played between September 26 and 27.
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