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Lionel Messi won’t play in Inter Miami vs. Houston Dynamo game Sunday. Here’s the latest.
Lionel Messi will not play for Inter Miami in Sunday’s match against the Houston Dynamo. He did not travel with his Inter Miami teammates to Houston, a team club spokesman said Saturday. The reason: Messi needs to rest — a decision made by Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano.
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The Dynamo remain winless across their first two games of the MLS season after a loss Sunday to Inter Miami CF, playing without superstar Lionel Messi.
Messi rests, skips Inter Miami at Houston Dynamo game. No problem. Miami wins 4-1
The game ended on a sour note for Inter Miami as Leo Afonso, Cremaschi and Jordi Alba were slapped with yellow cards in stoppage time and Ian Fray was shown a red card after the final whistle, a decision that drew the ire of Mascharano.
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Houston Dynamo will give away tickets to their fans for the next game due to Messi's absence
Lionel Messi did not play in Inter Miami's last Major League Soccer (MLS) match as a precaution. The Argentine has no discomfort, but Tata Martino wanted to give his star a rest. H
Lionel Messi did not travel for Inter Miami game at Houston Sunday. Here is why
Mascherano had said after the Concacaf Champions Cup game against Sporting KC that the late-game substitutions of Messi, Luis Suarez and Sergio Busquets were intentional and served to give those players some rest during what will be an extremely long season with a jam-packed schedule.
Houston Dynamo become latest team apologizing to fans for Messi no-show
There was no indication leading up to Sunday's game that Messi wouldn't travel to Texas with his Inter Miami teammates. But on Saturday, multiple reports indicated that the Argentine superstar stayed back in south Florida ahead of the match against the Dynamo at Shell Energy Stadium.
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Lionel Messi rested for Inter Miami trip to Houston Dynamo - source
Lionel Messi did not travel with his Inter Miami teammates to Texas to face the Houston Dynamo at Shell Energy Stadium on Sunday night, a source confirmed to ESPN.
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