Inter Miami, Messi to play friendlies in China after missing MLS playoffs

• Miami to play against Chinese Super League teams in November
• Matches scheduled to coincide with the first round of MLS playoffs

Lionel Messi is going back to China, after Inter Miami took advantage of not making the Major League Soccer playoffs by signing a deal to play two exhibition matches next month.

The team said it would play a pair of friendlies against Chinese Super League teams, the first against Qingdao Hainiu on 5 November and then against Chengdu Rongcheng on 8 November. The two stadiums can hold between 50,000 and 60,000 fans.