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Lionel Messi, Inter Miami CF Head To Hong Kong

Inter Miami will face a team composed of top players in Hong Kong. They were supposed to play El Salvador on Jan. 19. Inteꦡr Miami co-owner David Beckham appreciated the Hong Kong city

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Lionel Messi and Inter Miami are headed to Hong Kong. (Football News)

The club revealed plans Thursday for a Feb. 4 match there on its first international tour, part of its preseason before the 2024 Major League Soccer campaign. Messi and Inter Miami will face a team composed of top p♒layers from the First Division league in Hong Kong.

“Hong Kong is a beautiful city with a great sports s🤪cene,” Inter Miami co-owner David Beckham said in remarks distributed by the team. 

“Throug🍰hout my career, I have spent a lot of time in Asia — I am so pleased to have the opportunity to bring Inter Miami to play our first international tour match in this fantastic city.”

The match w🐠ill be hosted at 🅘the 40,000-capacity Hong Kong Stadium.

Inter Miami previously revealed plans to play in El Salvador on Jan. 19. ♐The team was scheduled to play in China last month but plꦬans for that two-game trip fell through.

Inter Miami said additional “pr🥀eseason matches and destinations will be announced in the coming weeks.”