US EditionMessi out with hamstring strain as Puerto Rico match delayed
- On Feb. 11, Inter Miami announced Lionel Messi has a strained left hamstring and postponed the Puerto Rico match to Feb. 26, moving from Feb. 13.
- Messi sustained the strain on Feb. 7 during the preseason match against Barcelona SC, with medical tests confirming hamstring strain and causing him to miss training on February 11.
- Inter Miami warned the injury could call into doubt Lionel Messi's availability for the Feb. 21, 2026 opener at Los Angeles FC, while the preseason finale is now scheduled after MLS opener.
- Organizers offered partial refunds after backlash, but Inter Miami will hold a youth training session on Feb. 12, an open practice on Feb. 25, and keep the match at 7 p.m. ET at Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel.
- Looking toward the season, medical staff said Inter Miami CF confirmed `His gradual return to training will depend on his clinical and functional progress in the coming days`.
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Lionel Messi falls out at Inter Miami due to a muscle injury for the time being. According to the club of co-owner David Beckham, the 38-year-old Argentine world champion has contracted a tear in the left thigh in the preparatory match against Barcelona SC in Ecuador. At 2:2, the inter-captain had achieved a hit himself. Messi's gradual return to training depended on his clinical and functional progress in the coming days, Miami announced. A fur…
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, USA (AP) — Lionel Messi has a left hamstring strain, an injury that could put his availability for Inter Miami's regular-season opener against LAFC on February 21. The team announced the injury Wednesday. Messi, the reigning MLS MVP for the second consecutive year, scored in a preseason game in Ecuador last weekend but was substituted about 12 minutes into the second half, presumably due to the hamstring issue. Inter Mi…
Puerto Rican fans eagerly awaiting the return of Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami team will have to wait a little longer. The Argentine striker confirmed on his social media that, due to a knock he suffered in the last…
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