lonel Messi begins onfield workouts could rejoin inter Miami before MLS Playoffs Miami Coach T Martino said Friday that lonel Messi has begun individual onfield training this week and could be ready to join inter Miami on the field before the end of the MLS regular season Fort Lauderdale Florida AP Miami Coach T Martino said Friday that lonel Messi has begun individual onfield training this week and could be ready to join inter Miami on the field before the end of the MLS regular season Messi has been out with a right ankle injury since Argentina's July 14th Copa America final win over Colombia he will not play when inter Miami hosts FC Cincinnati on Saturday and was emitted from Argentina's National Team roster for its two September World Cup qualifiers he has not played for inter Miami since July 1st but Martino said he could join the team in full training soon Leonel Messi to return to inter Miami before season's end says coach Ino Messa 37 has been away from the team since he suffered a high ankle injury on July 14th playing for Argentina against Columbia in the Copa America finals Superstar lonel Messi will return to inter Miami CF before the end of the season head coach to Martino told reporters Friday Messi 37 has been away from the team since he suffered a high ankle injury on July 14th playing for Argentina against Colombia in the Copa America final Martino said he did not know when Messi would be back but assured the Argentinian would play in at least one of the club's nine remaining regular season matches I wouldn't be able to give an approximate number of days that he returns to training but it is not a situation that is too far away Martino said per ESPN there is a part of the injuries that have to do with the physical and there is a part of the injuries that has to do with the mental so we have to overcome them both ways and I think that he is going through that process also read Spain's Euro 2024 hero Mikel Marino likely to join our Aral from Ral sadad he is feeling better and better he has been working in the field for three or 4 days now we cannot give time because we do not know and it would be speculating about something that may not be possible to do but it is close inter Miami 164 five 53 points hold a five-point lead over FC Cincinnati in the MLS Eastern Conference standings despite Messi not playing since June 1st in 12 regular season matches 11 starts he has 12 go goals and 13 assists inter Miami will face FC Cincinnati at home on Saturday and can clinch a postseason birth the regular season ends October 19th in a match against the New England Revolution after weeks of leagues cup action we finally get to see some MLS action the latest fixture sees inter Miami facing Cincinnati on Saturday at Chase Stadium the match has a significance of its own as either side will be presented with the opportunity to gain a much much needed domestic Advantage Miami must be down in the dumps over their League's Cup round of 16 failure they lost two to3 to the Columbus Crew and got out of the race to defend their title as reigning Champions before embarking on the leagues cup Journey the herens clinched a two to1 victory over the Chicago Fire one shall give Pats to the Florida based clubs back as they have balanced quite well without star player lonel Messi on the other hand Cincinnati 2 is coming off a League Cup round of 16 failure their Journey ended after losing 4-2 to the Philadelphia Union before this domestic tournament they lost 3 to1 to the New York Red Bulls in an MLs fixture the Ohio based Club is sitting just behind inter Miami with Five Points less to maintain its tally of 48 inter Miami finally knows when Lionel Messi is coming back from his Copa America injury all inter Miami fans were shocked once they really lonel Messi would probably miss out on many games simply by looking at his right ankle a realization that came during the Copa America final where Argentina defeated Colombia without their biggest star initially there was some hope that Messi could recover in due time for the League's Cup game that would take place in monter against T Grace but Messi is no longer the young and resistant player he once was in fact age seems to have already taken a toll on Leo and he may still have that unique skill but he no longer has that same physical prowess he has remained on the sidelines since July 14th that is nearly a month and a half ago but we finally know when he is returning Lionel Messi to return before end of MLS season herard Martino T Martino has guaranteed that lonel Messi will return before the end of the MLS regular season inter Miami's manager told reporters on Friday that Messi 37 is progressing well from the high ankle sprain he suffered in the Copa America final against Columbia on July 14th there is no estimated time for his return Martino said it'll depend on how he feels and on the summation of training sessions asked if he can guarantee whether Messi will feature in any of inter Miami's final nine league matches Martino answered confidently yes Messi has yet not rejoined the team for full strength training but he has begun on Pitch individual sessions with the inter Miami physios Argentina national team manager Lionel scalone left Messi off the squad that will face Chile and col IIA during the next round of South American qualifying in September Argentina will host Chile on September 5th in Buenos Aries before traveling to barania for a Copa America final rematch against Colombia 5 days later Messi is doing well but it was expected that he wouldn't be with Argentina because he still isn't ready to play Martino said in Messi's absence inter Miami has managed to stay at top the MLS Eastern Conference standings they hold a five-point advantage over FC Cincinnati and a four-point lead over the Los Angeles Galaxy for the supporter Shield trophy which is awarded to the MLS side with the best overall regular season record Luis Suarez Sergio buset and Jordi Alba have maintained order for the four-year-old Club as Messi recovers additionally Paraguay and Diego Gomez who is expected to be transferred to Premier League side Brighton HOV albian at the conclusion of the MLS season and his compatriot Matias Roos have spearheaded and ter Miami's drive towards the postseason Messi has missed 18 of 33 matches for inter Miami in 2024 due to injury and rest there have been some hiccups for Miami along the way including a 6 to1 loss to Cincinnati on July 6th the two sides meet again on Saturday in Fort Lauderdale in one of the League's Premier matches of the weekend inter Miami's MLS regular season ends on October 19th