Without Lionel Messi, who is still injured, Inter Miami CF were unable to win the US Cup final against Houston Dynamo at the Drive Pink Stadium on Wednesday evening.
The Argentine was not part of head coach Tata Martino’s starting eleven and was not on the bench as a substitute. Messi treated his injury, which may have been related to fatigue, and took his place in the stands.
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The star player could only watch helplessly as his teammates were defeated 2-1. The 36-year-old veteran also responded to Dynamo’s first goal, which was scored by a beautiful shot from Griffin Dorsey.
Houston took great pleasure in teasing Miami on social media. Amine Bassi opened the scoring with a penalty and Dynamo wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “Messi? No, we have Bassi.
Josef Martinez reduced the deficit in stoppage time, but the damage was done.
Messi has missed four games for Inter Miami and Argentina since being injured in a game against Toronto FC a week ago. The legendary striker led the “Herons” to victory in the League Cup in August.