Lionel Messi's Inter Miami visits Hong Kong XI, a team with figures from the local league.
This is the fifth game of the year for the Herons, who still have not been able to win and have accumulated three consecutive losses.
"We expect Leo to play as long as possible," Tata Martino warned in relation to the game against a team of local soccer stars, for which the 40,000 people in the stadium paid between 103 and 573 euros.
Messi played the final minutes of the match with Al-Nassr, which he entered with the score settled (0-6).
"The team's performance on the tour of Arabia was not the best, I hope we can change the course in the next game," the coach hoped.
Messi suffered a tough defeat against Al Nassr.
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"These types of tests are dedicated to the search for the team and the performance of the players. In the Saudi matches we competed very well in one (3-4 vs. Al-Hilal) and disappointingly in the other. Our expectation is start the MLS in the best way in 20 days," he warned.
Three days after the match in Hong Kong, Inter Miami will appear in Japan against Vissel Kobe, who will have as a guest the Spanish Andrés Iniesta, Leo's friend and former teammate in Barcelona.
The preseason will end at home, on February 15, against Newell's Old Boys de Rosario at the DRV PNK Stadium, where Las "Garzas" will open the MLS season, on February 21 against Real Salt Lake.