Go back home? Lionel Messi and a match that provokes emotions in Argentina

Inter Miami's tight preseason schedule has a new match to face and it will be against Newell's Old Boys from the DRV PNK Stadium field on Thursday, February 15, 2024. With this face to face, Lionel Messi and Gerardo 'Tata' Martino will face the team of which they are fans, which opened the door to the first as a child and where the second is a legend.

The Major League Soccer franchise announced this Monday the friendly against La Lepra, in which it will be the last match they will have before the 2024 campaign begins. This is in addition to the five matches they already have confirmed, where It includes a tour of El Salvador, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong and Japan, which is a tight schedule.

Through a press release, Las Garzas also published some words from 'Tata' Martino: “I am delighted to welcome my beloved Newell's to our home here in Miami. It will be a special match because of everything that Newell's Old Boys means to me. It will also be a good opportunity to prepare for what is sure to be an exciting season.”

Also came statements from sporting director Chris Henderson, in which he said the following: “We are very happy to be able to play this exciting pre-season home match in front of our fans at the DRV PNK Stadium. “This match against Newell’s is a great addition to a series of matches that will put us in the best position to compete in 2024.”

Representative for Lionel Messi

This duel will also be very significant for Messi, since he left the Rosario institution to reach the youth ranks of FC Barcelona and in this club he left a record of 234 goals in the minor categories. Recently he also had very close events with them, since he honored Maradona by celebrating a goal with the '10' shirt and was part of Maxi Rodríguez's farewell match.