Lionel Messi: The Inter Miami star is poised to miss the Atlanta game as Argentina’s captain stays at home and eats pizza due to injury concerns.
- Messi was left out of Argentina’s team this week with a mystery fitness problem
- Now the Miami star has all but confirmed he will play no part against Atlanta
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- Lionel Messi will miss an Inter Miami game for the first time since landing in the United States, according to reports, after confirming he will not travel to Atlanta this weekend.
Messi, who has 11 goals in 11 games for Miami in the last two months, was left out of Argentina’s squad to face Bolivia on Tuesday due to an unknown physical issue.
Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni stated the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner ‘did not feel comfortable’ playing in their World Cup qualifier just a few days after he was photographed leaving a medical center in his home country, fueling fears that he may be unavailable upon his return to Miami this week.
- Despite exercising with the squad on Friday, Messi later that evening posted a video on Instagram of himself opening a pizza box from Banchero Miami, an Argentine pizza shop located on the city’s famous beach, all but ensuring he will miss Inter’s next MLS match against Atlanta United.
Earlier in the day, Inter’s official Instagram account posted photographs of Sergio Busquets, Josef Martinez, Leonardo Campana, and DeAndre Yedlin boarding a plane bound for Atlanta.
- Despite exercising with the squad on Friday, Messi later that evening posted a video on Instagram of himself opening a pizza box from Banchero Miami, an Argentine pizza shop located on the city’s famous beach, all but ensuring he will miss Inter’s next MLS match away to Atlanta United.
Earlier in the day, Inter’s official Instagram account posted photographs of Sergio Busquets, Josef Martinez, Leonardo Campana, and DeAndre Yedlin boarding the plane to Atlanta.
