Messi to miss Monterrey after father's death, who leads Inter Miami attack? | OneFootball

Jorge Messi, Lionel Messi's father and business agent, has died aged 68 after a long illness, and Lionel Messi is to miss the Monterrey match.

According to interheron.com, he died early Saturday, and Messi is travelling to Argentina to be with his family.

Attention turns to who leads Inter Miami against Monterrey. Luis Suárez is suspended from Leagues Cup play after a spitting incident in last year's final, and Tadeo Allende, Germán Berterame and Mateo Silvetti are recovering from injuries.

Suárez has 10 goals and 6 assists in MLS, Berterame 7 and 5, Messi 12 goals and 8 assists, and Silvetti 3 goals and 4 assists. Of the club's top five scorers, only Rodrigo De Paul, 4 goals and 8 assists, can reasonably be expected to feature.

First-year midfielder Preston Plambeck, 20, scored his first MLS goal, an 87th-minute winner, in a 3-2 win over the Chicago Fire. Striker Dániel Pintér, 19, is yet to score, though a finish in the 4-2 Leagues Cup win against Atlético San Luis was ruled offside after video review.

Telasco Segovia has two goals and eight assists and could start on the left, drifting inside to link play, which would free space for wing backs Noah Allen or Sergio Reguilón to cross. Reguilón was signed in pre-season after Jordi Alba's retirement, though Allen has arguably suited Guillermo Hoyos better, and Pintér could lead the line with Plambeck on the right as De Paul moves higher, while Casemiro can also contribute.

Source: interheron.com

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