Lionel Messi will face again Cristiano Ronaldo within the framework of a friendly between paris saint germain and an all-star team from the league’s Saudi Arabia which will be led by Marcellus Gallardo.
The match will be played from 14:00 at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, and will be broadcast by Star+.
The meeting of the two most influential footballers of the last 20 years in the history of football will be witnessed by the Argentine coach Marcelo Gallardo.
The ‘Doll’ was chosen to manage the Saudi Arabian League all-star team consisting of Al Nassr and Al Hilal teams.
The former is the brand new club which have signed the 37-year-old Portuguese following his controversial second stage at Manchester United and which also have ex-River Gonzalo ‘Pity’ Martínez in their squad.
Messi and Paris Saint Germain will take on this match as part of the French club’s traditional tour of the Middle East, which has included a visit to Qatar just a month after the Argentine side conquered.
For the captain of the Argentine national team it will be the third match after the historic conquest of the World Cup in Qatar 2022, while For CR7 it will be the debut on Arab soil even if in a friendly.
The last time Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo met it was on a completely different level since then it was given on December 8, 2020 in a Barcelona-Juventus for the group stage of the European Champions League.
In total there were 36 matches from the 2007/08 season until the end of 2020 with 16 victories for the Argentine against 11 for the Portuguese. Rosario’s man celebrated 22 goals and Ronaldo just one less.
Probable formations
psg: Donnarumma, Hakimi, Sergio Ramos, Bitshiabu, Juan Bernat, Vitinha, Renato Sanches, Carlos Soler, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar. DT: Christophe Galtier.
Riyadh season: Al-Owais, Abdulhamid, Gonzalez, Hyun-soo, Konan, Cuellar, Al-Faraj, Talisca, André Carillo, Ighalo and Cristiano Ronaldo. DT: Marcelo Gallardo.
Source: Clarin
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