Inter Miami used social media on Friday to post 'Nos vemos mañana' — translation, 'see you tomorrow' — with a photo of Lionel Messi.
The team did not elaborate. Messi trained with the team on Friday.in that span because of what was first called fatigue and later was determined to be a hamstring injury. He has not played since making a 37-minute appearance against Toronto on Sept. 20, when the leg issue forced him out before halftime.
If he plays, it could conceivably be Messi's final home appearance — or final appearance, period — of the season for Inter Miami, the team he joined in July after agreeing to a 2 1/2-year contract that will pay him somewhere around $150 million. The team is facing a seriously uphill climb in a bid to make the Major League Soccer playoffs; it has three games remaining and is five points behind Montreal for the ninth and final postseason spot in the Eastern Conference.
After Saturday, Inter Miami will have two games left — both against Charlotte, one at home Oct. 18 and the other on the road Oct. 21.for World Cup qualifying matches against Paraguay on Oct. 12 and Peru on Oct. 17. And if Inter Miami is eliminated from playoff contention by that point, it also raises the question of whether the team would play Messi at Charlotte in a meaningless finale.
Messi has 11 goals in 12 matches with Inter Miami this season. The team is 8-0-4 when he plays — seven of those matches were on the team's run to win its first-ever trophy by claiming the Leagues Cup championship — and 1-3-2 in its six matches without Messi since he joined the club. Since his signing, Inter Miami has outscored opponents 29-12 when Messi is on the field, and has been outscored 15-14 when he is not.EA FC 24 ratings: Lionel Messi loses top spot, Cristiano Ronaldo not in Top 24Lionel Messi picked for Argentina squad for upcoming World Cup qualifying matchesEA FC 24 ratings: Lionel Messi loses top spot, Cristiano Ronaldo not in Top 24Lionel Messi picked for Argentina squad for upcoming World Cup qualifying matchesFOX SPORTS™, SPEED™, SPEED.
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