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View all search resultsMessi will likely miss match against Indonesia next week
Argentinian news outlet Vermouth Deportivo wrote in an article published on Sunday that the world champion will meet Indonesia without the presence of Messi.
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rgentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi will likely miss a friendly match against Indonesia next week as the Paris St. Germain player is expected to go on a vacation before moving to his new club Inter Miami in the United States.
Argentinian news outlet Vermouth Deportivo wrote in an article published on Sunday that the world champion will meet Indonesia without the presence of Messi.
"Messi [...] will have a well-deserved vacation before joining Inter Miami, his new club," the news outlet reported.
Messi arrived in Beijing on Saturday for a friendly match before leaving a storied European career to join Major League Soccer side Inter Miami as a free agent, Reuters report.
This is the Argentina captain's seventh visit to China and his first since 2017.
He has received a fervent welcome on each of his previous visits to China, which has a huge soccer fan base despite the struggles of the men's national team, who have played at the World Cup only once.
His arrival was announced in a post on the organizer International Football Invitation's official Weibo social media site with a video of players stepping off a plane, ahead of Thursday's Argentina-Australia match in the Chinese capital's recently rebuilt Workers' Stadium.
In the game against Australia, Argentina will play without Gonzalo Montiel, out due to injury, and is still waiting for Julián Álvarez, who helped win the Champions League for Manchester City on Saturday.
Messi, who lifted the World Cup in Qatar in December and is widely considered to be one of the game's all-time greats, confirmed this week he will leave French champion Paris St. Germain for Inter Miami.
Australia and Argentina last met at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar in the round of 16, where Messi was among the scorers as his team won 2-1.
