Lionel Messi's Inter Miami will play against Nashville SC in the second leg of CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16 match on Wednesday. First leg was ended in 2-2 draw. However, Inter Miami has away goals advantage.
Inter Miami's match against Nashville SC in the second leg of CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16 is scheduled to kick off at 8.15 pm (ET) on Wednesday, March 13. The soccer game will be live telecast on on FS2.
Earlier, Lionel Messi wore street clothes and watched from a sideline box as Montreal took advantage of several Inter Miami defensive miscues to hand his team its first loss of the season — a 3-2 defeat at home Sunday evening.
Messi did not play after previously being listed as questionable with a shin injury.
The injury happened in a 2-2 draw at Nashville in the CONCACAF Champions Cup last week. Messi went to contest a pass from Nashville's Lukas Macnaughton, who appeared to step on the 36-year-old's calf and cause his left ankle to twist. Trainers tended to Messi as he writhed in pain on the pitch in the 77th minute, but he remained in the match.
Messi left that match with a bruise, but head coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino said Sunday the team and Messi had previously agreed that he would rest against Montreal — no matter what happened at Nashville.
Martino has been tasked with finding ways to manage Messi's workload and recovery as he has played every minute of Inter Miami’s first four games of the season.
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