Lionel Messi injury to be evaluated ‘week by week’ – Martino\u060c<\/p>\n
Lionel Messi's leg muscle injury will be assessed 'week by week', Inter Miami boss Gerardo 'Tata' Martino says after the Argentina star sat out Saturday's win at DC United .<\/p>\n
It was the second consecutive MLS match that Messi missed. He was held out of Sunday's 3-2 loss to Montreal and was replaced early in the second half of Wednesday's 3-1 win<\/a> over Nashville as Miami advanced to the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Champions Cup.<\/p>\n – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, NWSL plus (United<\/a> States)<\/strong><\/p>\n Messi, 36, is expected to join the Argentina squad for two international friendlies in the United States, against El Salvador in Philadelphia on March 22 and against Costa Rica in Los Angeles four days later.<\/p>\n Messi's injury has to be treated week<\/a> by week and we will evaluate it,” Martino said. \u201cWhat is clear is that he has one objective, that of playing in the quarter-finals of Concacaf.<\/p>\n “He has a muscle injury. The question of selection is for the members of the national team to talk about.”<\/p>\n