Lionel Messi is set to feature for Inter Miami on Saturday after recalling the international break with Argentina through injury.
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After playing and scoring for Miami on 16 March in his 2–1 win at Atlanta United, Messi suffered a tension in his left thigh and was an Edctor issue.
This means that he was left out of the Argentina squad for his World Cup qualifier against Uruguay (1-0 win) And Brazil (4-1 win),, As those two wins secured their place in the 2026 World Cup final.
Lionel Messi injury latest news
On Friday, Inter Miami’s head coach Xavier Mantrano confirmed that Messi is “doing well” and it is expected that the superstar will be in the squad against the Philadelphia Union on Saturday (ET Kick of 7:30 am).
“He knows his body well, and the reality is that he is progressively trained, and joined to do some training sessions with the group. And today he will do the entire training session,” Mascherano said.
Sy Javier Mascherano expanded how Lionel Messi is being recovered:
“He is doing more in progressive training, even joining the rest of the team in some full sessions. God ready, he will complete all the practice today.”#IINTERMIAMICF #MESSI 𓃵 pic.twitter.com/kl81keryh
– Franco Panizo (@Francopanizo) March 28, 2025
How are Lionel Messi and Inter Miami going this season?
beautiful wonderful. Messi has scored four goals and all the competitions have four assist pairs in the beginning. This season in Atlanta is a goal of Messi at MLS so far, with Inter Miami won three and attracted one of his first four matches.
Messi has scored a distant home and far away against Sporting Canasus City in the ConcacAF Champions Cup action as they qualify for the quarter-finals of that continental competition and have a two-foot tie against LAFC in the next few weeks.
Three inter Miami players actually have more targets than Messi in this season, with Suarez have eight aids and four goals, Tado Elande’s four goals and seven assistance and Tilasco Segovia have eight aids and eight assistance and three goals.