Lionel Messi mostlikely to missouton Inter Miami’s match vs. D.C. United with hamstring injury

Inter Miami superstar Lionel Messi is dealing with a leg injury that will mostlikely cause him to missouton the group’s next match.

Messi examined out of Wednesday’s 3-1 win over Nashville simply a coupleof minutes into the 2nd half, and coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino stated the 36-year-old was experiencing pain in his right hamstring location. He was gotridof from the videogame as a preventativemeasure.

“He is overloaded in the right posterior,” Martino stated through a translator. “We puton’t desire to run a threat. We attempted to see if he might go evenmore along (in the videogame), however it was troubling him so we chosen to have him get out of the videogame.”

Messi had a objective and an help before leaving the videogame in the 50th minute.

Inter Miami innovative to the CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinals with the win and 5-3 benefit in aggregate objectives in the total-goals series.

Martino stated Messi will mostlikely be rested for Inter Miami’s MLS match versus D.C. United on Saturday as additional safetymeasure.

Messi had played every minute of the season before being rested in Sunday’s 3-2 loss to Montreal.

He was hurt late in the veryfirst leg of the CONCACAF Champions Cup round of 16 at Nashville last Thursday. Messi went down late in guideline of that videogame when Nashville protector Lukas MacNaughton stepped on his calf. A fitnessinstructor examined on Messi, who winced in discomfort on the pitch, however he stayed in the videogame.

He hadactually been noted as doubtful with a shin injury goinginto Sunday’s videogame versus Montreal.

Martino stated Wednesday that Messi will gothrough tests, and the group will assess from there.

Inter Miami is presently inthemiddleof a hectic March that consistsof 7 matches — 4 of which have come in a 10-day period. Messi is anticipated to signupwith the Argentinian nationwide group in a set of Copa America warm-up matches on March 22 and 26.

Reporting by The Associated Press.