"Inter Miami are once again concerned about Messi's fitness. The team, whose president and co-owner is David Beckham, has only confirmed that their Argentine star has a minor adductor injury. But has not announced anything about the recovery time. This is a mystery," AS expressed.
Messi has now scored 4 goals and had 2 assists, after only 5 matches for Inter Miami since the start of the 2025 season.
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Messi is said to be in perfect condition, after returning to play in Inter Miami's last two matches, including about 35 minutes in the second half of the match against Cavalier Club in Jamaica, and the full 90 minutes in the match against Atlanta United on March 17. In these two matches, Inter Miami won all and Messi scored 2 consecutive goals, for a total of 4 goals and 2 assists after only 5 matches.
Inter Miami are now in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup (against Los Angeles FC) and are leading the MLS Eastern Conference standings with 10 points from four matches. They will play these competitions again in about two weeks, when the FIFA Days in March schedule ends. The most important of these are the two matches against Los Angeles FC, with the first leg taking place on April 3 and the return leg on April 10. Before that, there is the match against Philadelphia Union on March 30 in MLS Round 5.
"David Beckham's team does not want to affect the goal of conquering the CONCACAF Champions Cup championship. The arena where they stopped in the quarterfinals last season. Part of the reason is because Messi's physical condition is affected.
Since joining Inter Miami, this is Messi's 6th injury. Therefore, this team does not want to take risks and they have negotiated with the medical team of coach Scaloni (Argentina team), withdrawing this famous player from the team at the last minute to have time to recover from the latest injury. Thereby, Messi will have conditions to rest and will hope to return to play in the next 2 weeks," AS said.
According to ESPN Argentina journalist Claudio, Messi's injury will be treated with physical therapy. He said: "As far as I know, Messi's injury is grade 1 and there are some torn lungus fibers in the adductor muscle. Messi was not affected during the match, but after the match, the pain began to appear as his muscles cooled down. He will do physical therapy starting on March 20. It is expected that he will be out of action for 1 to 3 weeks, depending on the progress of his recovery."
Without Messi, will the Argentina team be affected?
Argentina fans have expressed concern after the Albiceleste captain was absent from two important upcoming matches in the South American 2026 World Cup qualifiers, against Uruguay (March 22) and rivals Brazil (March 26). Meanwhile, coach Scaloni also did not have the services of stars Dybala, Gonzalo Montiel and Lo Celso for the same reason. Young stars such as Alejandro Garnacho and Claudio Echeverri were also ruled out.
Argentina team is still very strong despite Messi's absence
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However, the remaining members of the Argentina team are still very strong, they have almost all the veteran stars such as goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, defenders Cristian Romero, Nahuel Molina, Otamendi, midfielder De Paul, Enzo Fernandez, Mac Allister or current main strikers Julian Alvarez, Lautaro Martinez.
Coach Scaloni also took this opportunity to continue testing emerging stars to succeed his seniors, such as 20-year-old player Nico Paz of Como Club, or Coach Simeone's son, striker Giuliano Simeone (22 years old) of Atletico Madrid.
In addition, Argentina's position on the 2026 World Cup qualifying rankings in South America is guaranteed, with the No. 1 position (25 points, 5 points more than the second-placed team Uruguay). Albiceleste has secured 1 of 6 official tickets to the final round.
Therefore, the absence of Messi is, in fact, the perfect condition for coach Scaloni to continue the process of preparing Albiceleste's matches without the presence of this famous player, something that has happened more and more frequently since Copa America 2024.
Source: https://archive.vietnam.vn/ly-do-inter-miami-keeps-the-secret-about-messi's-injury/
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