<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Inter Miami coach Gerardo "Tata" Martino played down injury concerns over Lionel Messi on Monday as the resurgent MLS club prepared for a Leagues Cup semi-final clash with Philadelphia.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Argentina superstar Messi appeared to tweak his right ankle during a practice session in Fort Lauderdale early on Monday, according to multiple US reports.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Martino however later said there was no cause for concern over Messi's fitness.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I didn't see exactly what happened but I imagine that if it had been something serious, the players would all be shocked and since they were all fine, I think nothing happened," Martino said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Less than a month into his career with Miami, Messi can help the club into their first final with a victory over Philadelphia on Tuesday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Messi has scored eight goals in five appearances for Miami since making his debut for the club on July 21.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Miami are unbeaten since Messi's debut, and have marched into the semi-finals of the Leagues Cup, a new cross-border tournament for teams from MLS and Mexico's Liga-MX.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Miami will be facing a Philadelphia Union team who are one of the strongest sides in Major League Soccer.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Union are third in the Eastern Conference standings -- Miami are bottom -- and finished runners up to Los Angeles in last year's MLS championship game.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"They have their way, their ideas, and they were finalists in the league last year," Martino said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We understand that the local team will make them stronger, but we also have our aspirations to reach the final."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Philadelphia manager Jim Curtin meanwhile has urged local fans to resist the urge to sell their tickets for the game on resale markets, where prices have ranged between $300 and $1,000.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Please don't sell your tickets, no matter how much money they're offering for them - please," Curtin said at a press conference.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We're talking about the best player of all time coming here in the semifinal with a trophy on the line, a spot in the Champions League on the line. So it's a big game. I know our fans are gonna show up." AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>