Lionel Messi and Inter Miami have an additional 24 hours to arrange for his or her season opener.
Inter Miami’s CONCACAF Champions Cup match scheduled for Tuesday at Sporting Kansas Metropolis was pushed again to Wednesday because of a chilly climate advisory and winter storm warning. The Kansas Metropolis space is predicted to have a wind-chill issue of 15-25 levels under zero on Tuesday, with snow anticipated, too.
CONCACAF wrote in an announcement, “The choice to reschedule the match has been made to prioritize participant and fan security, and in shut coordination with the 2 taking part golf equipment and the native authorities.”
The postponed match is the primary leg of a two-match, total-goal collection between the MLS groups within the opening spherical of this 12 months’s CONCACAF Champions Cup. The return leg is slated for Feb. 25 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The collection’ winner will advance to face Jamaica’s Cavalier FC within the Spherical of 16.
As for Miami’s famous person, new Miami coach Javier Mascherano mentioned, “Messi’s availability is one hundred pc and I can assure that Leo will play (in Kansas Metropolis).”
Inter Miami open the MLS common season at house towards New York Metropolis FC on Saturday. Sporting Kansas Metropolis will play at Austin FC on Saturday.
–Area Degree Media