Gerardo “Tata” Martino, the coach of Inter Miami, confirmed that Lionel Messi “will start” in it friendly this Thursday at 9:30 p.m. that his team will hold against Newell’s, at DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale.
“Lio (Messi) is fine and will start. He will start,” said the Rosario coach at the Mana Wynwood Convention Center, where an event was held for sympathizers and fans of the Independence Park entity called “Glorious Talks.”
The event included the participation of another “red and black” emblem, Maximiliano Rodríguez, plus the leadership of journalist Cecilio Flematti.
Messi, 36 years old, showed notable physical problems in the recent tour that the Florida franchise made through Asia, to the point that he did not participate in the match against the Hong Kong team and barely played 30 minutes in the last test against Vissel Kobe. in Japan.
An edema in the left adductor was decisive for the captain of the Argentine national team to barely play 238 minutes in the exhausting journey of preparation matches that “The Herons” They designed for El Salvador, the city of Dallas, Saudi Arabia and the last two points of the Asian continent already noted.
In the pleasant and informal talk he had with “Leprosy” fans, the coach Martino (which has one of the tribunes of the Marcelo Bielsa stadium with his name), requested that one of the headers of the field located in Parque Independencia be named José Yudica, in honor of the former player, coach and idol of the institution.
The delegation of Newell’s, with the inclusion of Sarmiento de Junín’s steering wheel, Pablo Perez, It will arrive today in the city of Miami.
Upon arrival in Miami the team Newell’s will have a packed agenda: there will be flag-waving in the city, conferences and the delegation is expected to deliver a series of gifts to Messi, who played in the Lower Divisions of the Rosario team between 1994 and 1999.
“It is a meeting where we face people with a lot of weight not only on a global level but in the history of the club. We are going to distribute the loads with the players. I asked the club to travel as many footballers as possible,” said Larriera.
To present and begin to beat the meeting in the DVR PNK Stadium, Inter Miami He uploaded an imposing poster of the current No. 10, shaking hands with a little boy from Rosario with a red-and-black shirt and a left foot full of dreams. “A dream night,” she titled.
Not only will it be a match with emotions on the surface for Messi, but also for Gerardo Martino, current coach of the MLS team, who knew how to be champion in rosary beads both on the field and in the playpen. “I am delighted to welcome my beloved Newell’s to our home here in Miami. It will be a special game because of everything that Newell’s Old Boys means to me,” Tata said weeks ago.
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