Head coach of Inter Miami Gerardo Martino spoke about the possible absence of a striker Lionel Messi and defender Jordi Alba in the next game MLS due to an injury. The team will play at Orlando City on September 25.
You have to go step by step, study the medical report, find out what they themselves think. We will monitor their condition and make a decision. Obviously they won’t play Orlando City on Sunday.
For Messi it is the consequence of an old injury that hinders him. When he returned from the Argentine national team he did not suffer any muscle damage. But because of those consequences, we saved it against Atlanta United.
I think this is a similar case. Not a muscle injury. But I say this mostly because of conversations with him. We will probably have to be even more careful.
The specialist believes that these players are also at risk of missing the US Open Cup final against Houston Dynamo on September 28.
I know we will have a final, but Messi and Alba will not be able to take the field if they are not in optimal conditions.
