Inter Miami lost for the first time since Lionel Messi signed with the club, as the star sat out for the second time this week.
. Inter Miami coach Gerardo"Tata" Martino said the decision to hold out Messi was"because he has muscular fatigue and it was prudent to leave him."
"Honestly, I told the players, there are a lot of things out there in the atmosphere and everything seems to be about Inter Miami. We have to turn that to about us." Messi’s absence for the Major League Soccer match was a disappointment for a crowd of 71,635 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
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