Inter Miami is confronted with two crucial matches in his attempt to defend the supporters' Shield title – a trophy assigned to the team with the most points at the end of the regular season – and to secure a place in the semi -final of the 2025 Leagues Cup.
This year's Leagues Cup has a new, aggressive format, in which Inter Miami develops as one of the top four MLS teams in a competition with 18 participants.
The team comes from a 4–1 defeat to Orlando City in MLS Play, where Luis Muriel scored twice and Martín Ojeda and Marco Pašalić completed the route. In that competition, Lionel Messi was equipped and did not know it – just as he was omitted from the previous competition cup against Pumas.
“Leo is fine, we are very optimistic”
That game sealed the side of Javier Mascherano a place in the quarterfinals, while the Pumas of Ephraín Juárez were eliminated. Keylor Navas, suspended after a red card in the previous round, looked from the stands.
Since participating in the World Cup club, Inter Miami has joined with a busy MLS schedule, with the Leagues Cup looms up on the horizon. On August 2, against Atlas, Messi only spent 10 minutes in the game a muscle injury and had to be replaced. As a result, the captain and Talisman missed two important competitions.
There is good news: this morning Messi was seen with his teammates, suggesting that he is close to a return. Prior to the Orlando match, Mascherano had said: “Leo is fine. It is clear that it would be crazy to risk him in Orlando because of everything we have, but we are very optimistic that he will be with us soon.”
Then Inter Miami de la Galaxy, the ruling MLS champions, who are currently at the bottom of the Western conference with only 16 points. Whether Mascherano will give minutes to his captain is still to be seen, because the race for the shield of the supporters is tighter than ever.
Then Las Garzas TIGRES TIGRES will organize-André-Pierre Gignac, Nahuel Guzmán and new signature Ángel Correa-in a fight for a place in the semi-final of the 2025 Leagues Cup, a trophy that she would like to lift. With such high efforts, Messi raced against the clock.