{"id":101648,"date":"2023-09-21T13:23:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T13:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/21\/lionel-messi-forced-off-with-old-injury-for-inter-miami\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T13:23:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T13:23:54","slug":"lionel-messi-forced-off-with-old-injury-for-inter-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/21\/lionel-messi-forced-off-with-old-injury-for-inter-miami\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi forced off with &#8216;old injury&#8217; for Inter Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/131145743_ed912495b0e183874523dc9b8b9e1dedf94f462a-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"_131145743_ed912495b0e183874523dc9b8b9e1dedf94f462a\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lionel Messi handed the captain&#8217;s armband to DeAndre Yedlin.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lionel Messi was forced off after 37 minutes on his return to action for Inter Miami \u2013 but his team-mates sealed a 4-0 win over Toronto FC.<\/p>\n<p>The Argentine, absent for Miami\u2019s 5-2 defeat by Atlanta on Saturday due to fatigue, could miss next week\u2019s US Open Cup final against Houston Dynamo.<\/p>\n<p>Manager Gerardo Martino said the 36-year-old is carrying an \u201cold injury\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The seven-time Ballon d\u2019Or winner was not used by Argentina boss Lionel Scaloni against Bolivia last week.<\/p>\n<p>Messi\u2019s former Barcelona team-mate Jordi Alba also suffered an injury against Toronto and Martino said both players would definitely miss Sunday\u2019s game against Orlando City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no chance they will be there on Sunday,\u201d said Martino.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know we have a final to play [on Wednesday] but they won\u2019t go near the pitch if they can\u2019t play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miami have not lost any of the 11 matches in which Messi has featured since he joined the MLS club in July, after leaving French champions Paris St-Germain at the end of the 2022-23 season.<\/p>\n<p>The score was level at 0-0 when captain Messi left the field against Toronto, but his replacement, Robert Taylor, scored twice and Facundo Farias and Benjamin Cremaschi also found the net in a comfortable victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe scans [Messi] had with the national team, they didn\u2019t show any injury. We still saved him to be safe,\u201d Martino said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t think he has a muscular injury. That\u2019s also from a conversation I just had with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we have to continue being careful. 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