ESPN: Lionel Messi has NOT traveled with Miami to Atlanta ahead of their match
Lionel Messi is set to miss an Inter Miami game for the first time since arriving in the States after appearing to confirm he has not travelled to Atlanta this weekend.
Messi, who has scored 11 goals in as many games for Miami over the past two months, was left out of Argentina’s team to face Bolivia earlier this week with a mystery fitness problem.
Argentina coach revealed that his star man ‘did not feel comfortable’ to play in the World Cup qualifier, sparking fears that he could be unavailable upon return to Miami.
And despite training with the team on Friday, later that evening Messi shared a clip of himself on his Instagram story opening a pizza delivery box from Banchero Miami – an Argentine pizza restaurant on the city’s famous beach.
Earlier in the day, Inter’s official Instagram account uploaded photos of the likes of Sergio Busquets, Josef Martinez and DeAndre Yedlin boarding the plane to Atlanta.
Messi shared an Instagram story which appears to show he has stayed in Miami this weekend