False alert for Lionel Messi! The Argentinian will be present for the first official match of the Inter Miami season, this week, in the 16th round of CONCACAF Champions CUP.
Before this meeting, an Floridian club follower said that the Argentinian asked not to play this match, due to the polar cold announced in the city of Missouri. It should be around -15 degrees Celsius at the start, with a high risk of snowfall.
Lionel Messi in the snow?
Even if the cold should be there on this match, it does not mean that Lionel Messi will be carried pale.
“Lionel Messi is available for tomorrow's match, said his coach Javier Mascherano at a press conference on Monday. I can assure you that he will play. »» In the process, the Concacaf announced that the match was shifted by 24 hours, and will finally be played on Wednesday evening, in better weather conditions, a priori.
The debate is still closed. For Lionel Messi, refusing to play this meeting would have been negative for his image. In its great Barcelona era, some observers wondered if the Argentinian would have been so dominant if he had come out of the comfort in which he found himself in Catalonia. Could it have shown as much in the Premier League, in a championship where physical commitment is more important? Would he have shone a Monday evening in the rain on the side of Stoke City? We may see in the snow …
