After the controversy in Hong Kong, here's what Messi shared on social media

Inter Miami's 2024 preseason was a nightmare. Far from meeting expectations, things went very wrong for both the team and Lionel Messi. First of all, because the performances they showed and the results they obtained were far from what was expected: just one victory (4-1 vs an all star team of the Hong Kong league), two draws (0-0 vs El Salvador National Team and Vissel Kobe) and three defeats (1-0 vs FC Dallas, 4-3 vs Al-Hilal and 6-0 vs Al-Nassr).

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The Herons also had problems with some players in the squad. In the first game of the year, in El Salvador, Facundo Farias suffered a serious knee injury that will keep him off the field for at least six months. And in Saudi Arabia Messi again felt a muscular discomfort in the same place as the one he had last year, when he missed several decisive matches in Major League Soccer and the US Open Cup.

This prevented him from playing the match in Hong Kong and this caused the disappointment and anger of the fans, who had paid very expensive tickets to see the forward. The organizers of the event decided to refund half the value of the tickets. But that was not the only consequence: the authorities of the city of Hangzhou suspended the match that the Argentine National Team were going to play there on March 18 against Nigeria, arguing that "the conditions for the celebration of the event are not given".

Inter Miami now has only one friendly match left: on Thursday, March 15, they will face Newell's Old Boys of Argentina at the DRV PNK Stadium. And six days later they will make their debut in the 2024 MLS season against Real Salt Lake, also in Miami, with the goal of getting off to the best possible start in the tournament.

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He doesn't seem worried

While all this is going on, Lionel Messi returned to the United States to face the final stage of the preseason. On his arrival, he shared on his official Instagram account two pictures: one with his wife, Antonela Roccuzzo, and another with his sons Thiago, Mateo and Ciro, which received more than 9 million likes and 68,000 comments. Leo showed that he is not affected by criticism and that he is happy to be back with his family.