Inter Miami stars Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, and Sergio Busquets will not feature in the club’s upcoming match against Vancouver. In fact, the dynamic trio did not even travel to the Canadian city with their teammates on Thursday. The current Major League Soccer Eastern Conference leaders face the Whitecaps on Saturday, May 25.
While the three former Barcelona players are missing the match, they are not suffering from various injuries. Messi, Suarez, and Busquets were all recently seen taking part in Miami‘s training session on Tuesday. The trio participated in the one-hour session and then later spoke with season ticket holders afterward.
According to reports, the three stars are, instead, remaining in Miami due to rest. A typical flight from south Florida to Vancouver takes about eight hours. This is currently the longest possible flight in Major League Soccer. Not only is traveling an issue. Inter is playing two more matches within a week. Along with Vancouver, the club also faces Atlanta on Wednesday and St. Louis the following Saturday. The latter two games, however, are both at home in Miami.
Vancouver offers sellout crowd food and drink discounts as Messi, Suarez and Busquets miss out
Vancouver is expecting a sellout crowd of around 55,000 fans for the match with Miami. Many Whitecaps fans undoubtedly purchased tickets to the game to catch Messi in action. The team’s highest home crowd of the current campaign was just over 32,000 people earlier this month.
“While we haven’t received an official update on the availability of Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, and Sergio Busquets for this weekend, we understand they will not make this trip,” stated Whitecaps CEO Axel Schuster. “Unfortunately, we have no control over who plays for our opponent, and it was important for us to communicate to our fans as soon as possible.”
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Author : Chris Moore
Publish date : 2024-05-24 16:16:05
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