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Inter Miami is turning into a traveling team for its preseason games ahead of the 2024 MLS campaign. Teams from across the globe are trying to get their hands on a contest against Lionel Messi as his career winds down. Therefore, over the next two months, Lionel Messi and Inter Miami are playing games in five countries against seven teams.
Inter Miami already knows its first game of the 2024 MLS season is on Feb. 21 against Real Salt Lake. Therefore, it has 44 days before the season begins. Seven games in that span is far more than the other teams in Major League Soccer. Moreover, no team is traveling near as much as Inter Miami nor playing the same quality of opposition.
The schedule starts on January 19. Inter Miami is playing the El Salvador national team in El Salvador. Three days later, Inter Miami returns to the United States to play its only game against MLS opposition. FC Dallas is hosting Inter Miami as part of its preseason schedule.
Then, Inter Miami makes its way to Asia for a four-game set. Lionel Messi is battling Cristiano Ronaldo for what could be the last time when Inter Miami faces Al Nassr. That game, set for Feb. 1, is three days after Inter Miami is playing Al Hilal, one of the other giants of the Saudi Pro League. There is then the long flight to Hong Kong to play a combined XI of players in the area. Messi then has a game against Andres Iniesta and Vissel Kobe in Tokyo. Finally, Inter Miami travels back home for a friendly against Newell’s Old Boys. That is Messi’s former team, and the two battle just six days before the start of the season.
Inter Miami preseason games go across the globe
Lionel Messi is certainly the draw for the teams that scheduled games against Inter Miami. As seen with Inter Miami’s season in 2023, the Argentine is a major draw for crowds regardless of where he is. Messi played with Argentina in Japan and Indonesia in front of over 55,000 fans in each game. Those fans wanted to see the World…
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Author : Kyle Fansler
Publish date : 2024-01-08 17:17:56
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