Argentine football wizard Lionel Messi will fly into Kingston tonight with the rest of his Inter Miami team for the crucial Concacaf Champions Cup clash with Cavalier at the National Stadium on Thursday.
Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano told a press conference in Florida on Wednesday ahead of the team’s departure, that Messi will travel with the team.
There’d been speculation over whether the eight-time Ballon d’OR winner would make it given that he has not played for the club in its last three games including the 2-0 win over Cavalier in the first leg.
Inter Miami are due in the island on Wednesday evening at 6 and will not stage a training session before the game.
They need only a draw to make it to the quarter-finals and can even afford a 1-0 defeat.
Meanwhile, technical director of Cavalier, Rudolph Speid, says going up against some of the world’s best players will put Jamaica and Caribbean football on show.
Rudolph Speid.
