He returned to Miami with Antonela Roccuzzo and her children

End of vacation in Argentina for Lionel Messi. This Saturday night, Rosariothe crack that works in Inter Miami He boarded his personal plane with his family and returned to his home in the USAto get fully into preseason work with his team.

The captain of the National Team thus closed his time of rest with the protection of his loved ones in Santa Fe. Mate days, barbecues, games and swimming pools, events with his friends and constant training to not lose his physical rhythm, were Leo’s routine since his arrival in the country on December 17.

In addition to spending the Christmas and New Year holidays with Antonela Roccuzzohis three children and his closest relatives, Leo was able to have the pleasure of being at the wedding of his sister-in-law, his wife’s younger sister.

Thanks to the calendar that the MLS has, Leo was able to spend these weeks in Rosario without thinking about defining commitments as he did when he played in Europe, in the middle of the development of the leagues and days before the start of the final phase of the Champions League.

Now it’s Messi’s turn to see faces again with his teammates in the team he leads Gerardo Tata Martinowhich will mark the long-awaited reunion with his partner Luis Suarez. 2024 will be a year with great challenges for his career, aware that he is going through his final chapters.

Messi aims to be champion of the MLS after his frustrated closing of the year in 2023. It happens that Leo arrived in Miami in August, with the competition already started, and his team located in last place in its conference, far from the classification zone.

After winning the Leagues Cup 2023that lightning tournament that meant the first title of the young pink institution, the effort of those led by Tata Martino It was not enough to recover in the league, and they watched the definition on TV, where the Columbus Crew was established as champion.

Before the official start, Inter Miami will play several friendlies: the first of them will be on Friday the 19th, against the El Salvador National Teamon Salvadoran soil, and a few days later, on Monday the 22nd, he will visit the FC Dallas at the Cotton Bowl stadium.

Then, the Herons will go on tour to Saudi Arabia, where they will face the Al Hilal (without Neymar Jr., injured) and the Al Nassr from Cristiano Ronaldo, on Monday 1/29 and Thursday 1/2, respectively. It is also scheduled that on Thursday 2/15 it will receive Newell’s in their stadium, the DRV PNK in Fort Lauderdale.

Messi’s official debut will be at home on Wednesday 2/21 at 10:00 p.m. (Argentine time), playing against Real Salt Lake a kind of “opening match” of the league, the only one of the day, and with a possible tribute to the 10 who will have his debut as winner of eight Ballon d’Ors.

A few days later, at the formal start of the contest, Inter Miami will travel to the extreme west of the territory to face the L.A. Galaxy: It will be on Sunday 2/25 from 10:30 p.m. (Argentine time) at the Dignity Health Sports Park stadium in Los Angeles.

• 21/2 Miami vs Salt Lake
• 25/2 LA vs Miami
• 2/3 Miami vs Orlando
• 10/3 Miami vs Montreal
• 16/3 D.C vs Miami
• 23/3 New York vs Miami
• 30/3 Miami vs NYC
• 6/4 Miami vs Colorado
• 13/4 Kansas City vs Miami
• 4/20 Miami vs Nashville
• 27/4 New England vs Miami
• 4/5 Miami vs New York
• 11/5 Montreal vs Miami
• 15/5 Orlando vs Miami
• 18/5 Miami vs D.C.
• 25/5 Vancouver vs Miami
• 15/6 Philadelphia vs Miami
• 19/6 Miami vs Columbus
• 6/29 Nashville vs. Miami
• 3/7 Charlotte vs Miami
• 6/7 Cincinnati vs Miami
• 17/7 Miami vs Toronto
• 20/7 Miami vs Chicago
• 24/8 Miami vs Cincinnati
• 31/8 Chicago vs Miami
• 9/14 Miami vs Philadelphia
• 18/9 Atlanta vs Miami
• 21/9 NYC vs Miami

The first time for Messi’s team in the competition that consecrates the best team in Concacaf (at the level of a Champions in Europe or the Libertadores in South America) will be against a rival that will emerge from the clash between Nashville of the MLS and Mocarepresentative of the Dominican Republic. Inter Miami opponent is waiting but has already confirmed the dates of that crossing: he will be a visitor on 7/3 at 11:00 p.m. (Argentine time) and will define as a home team on 13/3 at 9:15 p.m. (Argentine time).

MLS teams will finally play the tournament that brings together all the teams in the league with those in the Liga MX, which in the last edition crowned Inter Miami as champion. Will play between July 26 and August 25, the date of the final, and again will give three places for the Concachampions. This year, Messi’s team will have the prize of starting their way in the round of 16, without having to play the previous zone.

In 2023, the tournament featured 77 matches with an attendance of close to 1.3 million fans. The competition was intense, with an action-packed format in which an average of 3.26 goals were scored per game.