Lionel Messi’s availability for Inter Miami’s CONCACAF Champions Cup match against Monterrey will be a game-time decision, according to head coach Gerardo Martino. Inter Miami host the Liga XF side on Wednesday evening in the first leg of their Champions Cup quarter-final tie.
’s availability for ’s CONCACAF Champions Cup match against Monterrey will be a game-time decision, according to head coach Gerardo Martino. Inter Miami host the Liga XF side on Wednesday evening in the first leg of their Champions Cup quarter-final tie. Messi has missed his side’s past three games after in the previous round of the competition. Asked when a decision would be made on Messi’s availability, Martino said: “Tomorrow we will decide. We still have 24 hours.
“Seeing that we have a very important game tomorrow, we have to consider that we are only in the beginning of April, for us this is only just beginning, and what we shouldn’t do is risk our player’s physical health. “What we will determine is fundamentally what is best for Leo, like with any player, and from there we will make the right decisions.” Messi was withdrawn 50 minutes into the win over having earlier netted his fifth goal of the season.
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