Lionel Messi returns to the US ahead of MLS 2024 season with Inter Miami
The 8-time Ballon d’Or winner returned to the United States ahead of Inter Miami’s 2024 campaign in MLS.
Lionel Messi is set to return to Inter Miami’s training camp to get ready for the challenges that lie ahead in the 2024 MLS season. After spending the Christmas holidays in Rosario, his hometown, with his family, the World Cup winner finally flew back to the United States.
The world champion will report next Monday to Inter Miami’s training facilities for routine physical tests before facing a series of friendly matches across the world.
Inter Miami will have their first game of their packed pre-season schedule on January 19 when the club travel to San Salvador to face the national team of El Salvador in a historic match to be held at the Cuscatlán Stadium.
After the match against ‘La Selecta’, the Miami squad will have a short tour in Saudi Arabia against Al Hilal on January 29 and Al Nassr on February 1, which could bring fans a much anticipated reunion between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
Hong Kong and Japan are the other destinations for the team coached by Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino: they will take on a Hong Kong XI on February 4 and Vissel Kobe on February 7, before returning to Miami to face Newell’s Old Boys on February 15.
Messi faces new challenges on North American soil. Undoubtedly, Inter Miami will want to be a big hitter in the new season, leaving behind the bitter pill of not qualifying for the MLS playoffs in 2023.
Messi will also want to break the record for most goals in a season, which is held by Mexican striker Carlos Vela, who scored 34 goals in 2019. Having said that, winning the MLS Cup and the CONCACAF Champions League are the main challenges at club level.
With the Argentina national team, Messi
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