Martino, on Messi’s physical condition: “We go day by day”

With Lionel Messi notably absent from Inter Miami’s last three games due to muscle fatigue in his right hamstring, the club’s coach, Gerardo Martino, referred to his fitness and remarked: “There is no choice but to evaluate him day by day.” We go game after game. Now we’re going to evaluate if it comes against Chicago. We did not take risks in a final, much less we will run it now, “said the technical director last night at a press conference. Next Wednesday, Inter will face the Chicago Fire away at Soldier Field from 9:30 p.m. in Argentina.With 33 total points, the next date will be key to narrow the difference with the top seven of the table. “If against Chicago he is to play, he will play or go to the bench. If it has to be left out, it will be left out. We will do the same with Cincinnati,” explained the “Tata”, who also maintained that Messi “feels better every day”. Regarding the training schedule, Martino specified: “Tomorrow – for today – we have free, on Monday and Tuesday he will go out to the field and there we will evaluate if he travels to Chicago. When we interpret with the player and the medical staff that the risk is latent, he will be left out of the game,” he said. There is no choice but to evaluate it day by day. I am the most interested in ‘Leo’ being well, but unfortunately we cannot count on him for the most important part of the season,” added the Argentine coach.

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