Despite Triple Injury Blow Including Lionel Messi, Inter Miami’s Play Off Hopes Receives Massive Boost

Inter Miami’s graph has been going up this season, and looks like the momentum is coming from different routes. The club was having a torrid time before Lionel Messi joined. They were rotting at the last place despite trying to get results by giving everything. But things have cleared up a bit with a few events going their way magically despite Messi’s injury.

Most of the matches after Messi arrived were from the Leagues Cup. The best of Messi was given to them until he left for injury. Therefore, Inter Miami needed other factors to work in their favor. The team from Florida has gotten used to Messi’s magic, but his absence needed some consolation.

Messi’s Inter Miami is still in the race for the playoffs

After the byproduct of Messi’s old injury has come to taunt him, the team was reeling in disappointment. The little existing hope of his club came down after Messi and Jordi Alba’s injury. But there’s some time that the team got from the other results. All their rivals who had threatened to take their spot in the playoffs have lost their recent matches, giving Inter Miami hope.

The top seven teams in each of their conference qualify for the playoffs. The 8th and 9th placed teams play for the wild card that will eventually land them in their respective conference’s playoffs.

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Inter Miami’s chances of reaching the top 7 are very bleak. But the club can definitely reach the wild card game if they win all their matches. But with injuries inside the squad, it would be a daunting task.

Messi’s injury and return

Messi’s injury may have started off to seem like a niggle and fatigue, but it is causing more damage than what Miami’s club was estimating. As Tata Martino revealed, Messi will be missing the next match against Orlando. To Inter Miami’s Misery, Messi and Jordi Alba will miss even the US Open Cup final against Houston Dynamos on Wednesday night.

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Inter Miami still has six games to climb up to the 8th spot of the table. The rivals, Charlotte FC’s loss to FC Cincinnati has boosted their chances provided they win all the matches. Inter Miami may have tough competition from CF Montreal, who has a 6-point lead over them with two fewer matches played.
Messi’s absence may trouble Inter Miami for the next couple of matches, but they do not have many options other than winning. Gerardo Martino’s team should look for his experience added with Messi’s expertise, to tackle the next few games.