Lionel Messi was not included in Inter Miami's starting XI against the New York Red Bulls.
The news will likely not go over well with the record-setting crowd expected in the building, the millions of fans around the world tuning in to Apple TV’s exclusive coverage and the
Messi has played six games in the past 20 days, leading Inter Miami to the championship of the Leagues Cup and the final of the US Open Cup, playing 120 minutes in the latter two contests. Manager Gerardo “Tata” Martino had warned of the possibility on Friday, saying Messi’s availability was in the air.. “It is inevitable that we will not have him at some point.”
Within 12 hours, the sold-out match set a record for gross gate revenue for a Red Bulls’ MLS regular-season game at Red Bull Arena, and the team’s season ticket sales for the 2024 season skyrocketed. While de Grandpre would not reveal specifics on the match’s sales, he called it a “multi-million-dollar increase” over the club’s previous MLS mark at their current home venue.
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