2023-11-01 20:53:55
Inter Miami announced this Wednesday that the mini-tour that would take Lionel Messi’s team to play two games in China in November was canceled by its promoters.
The Florida team said the promoters They canceled the tour due to “unforeseen circumstances in China”in a statement on their social networks.
Apparently The reason for the cancellation of his tour of China was due to the death of former Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang, number 2 in the country in the last decade, so The friendlies scheduled for November 5 and 8 will not be played.
Those directed by the Argentine Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino They were scheduled to play two friendlies against Qingdao Hainiu on Sunday and three days later against Chengdu Rongcheng, two teams from the Chinese Super League.
He Miami stressed that despite the cancellation of the tour, it will continue with its goal of “expanding its global reach.” and announced that it will continue to explore opportunities with the promoters of the canceled tour to achieve that goal.
Messi is idolized in China where he played a friendly with Argentina against Australia last June. which ended with a 2-0 victory for the current world champion.
Messi made his debut in the MLS on August 26 and despite raising the team’s level, an injury left him out in the decisive stretch of the regular season and Miami was left out of the playoffs.
Messi arrived in the final part of the qualifying phase of the MLS tournament, where he won a title but could not lead Inter Miami to the final phase. (Free Press Photo: Inter Miami)
Despite the sporting setback, in a team that was bottom of the MLS when the Argentine arrived, The franchise has not stopped making profits from its hiring. T-shirt sales, skyrocketing increases in ticket sales wherever Miami plays are part of the ‘Messimanía’.
Far from Miami, Messi received the Ballon d’Or in Paris for the eighth time and is preparing to play with Argentina in the double date of the South American World Cup.
Argentina – the sole leader of the qualifiers – will host Uruguay on November 16 and will be a visitor against Brazil on the 21st.
The club’s latest update on our 2023 China Tour:
— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) November 1, 2023
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