The coach of the Inter Miamiassured that the star Lionel Messi “He is fine and is training with the group,” while estimating that his return to the field will be “on September 14 against Philadelphia Union.”
Following his team’s 4-1 victory over Chicago Fire, with two goals from Uruguayan Luis Suarez, the Argentine coach gave a press conference in which he estimated when the former Paris Saint Germain player could start playing again.
“We felt that, given the time that this game could give us, we might have the chance to think about the next 15 days,” he said.
He also said that he is constantly talking to the captain of the Argentine National Team and that they both agreed to set the goal of returning to the field for September 14 in the match against Philadelphia Union.
“We have talked and We saw that this second option was better. and somehow see if we can have him for the match against Philadelphia,” added the experienced coach with stints at Barcelona in Spain.
How Lionel Messi’s injury at Inter Miami went
Inter Miami is the absolute leader of the Eastern Conference, with 59 points, and is also the best-performing team in the entire regular season of Major League Soccer (MLS), as the leader of the West, Los Angeles Galaxy, has 52 points.
Messi suffered an injury to the ligaments of his right ankle, in an unfortunate action in the decisive duel against Colombia in the final of the Copa América in the United States on July 14, which crowned the “Albiceleste” as two-time champions of the continent.
Since then, The “10” never played another match, nor was he called up by the Argentine national team coach, Lionel Scaloni.for the double date of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers against Chile and the “coffee” team, on Thursday 5 and Tuesday 10 September respectively.
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