Portuguese football legends Cristiano Ronaldo and Argentine Lionel Messi will face Paris Saint-Germain on the current 19 in a new confrontation, following they used to compete face-to-face for 10 years.
Argentine Marcelo Gallardo, the best coach in the history of River Plate, will lead the team consisting of Al Hilal and Al Nasr stars, called the “Riyadh Season” team, in front of the French capital team, which will arm itself with the terrifying trio Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar, on the 19th of this month at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh.
The Argentine and Portuguese stars previously won 12 Golden Balls in their seasons of competition from 2007-2008 to 2020-2021, when they met in 36 matches, making it the 37th Riyadh season match between them.
The first matches of the two stars go back to the 2007-2008 Champions League semi-finals between Manchester United and Barcelona, Spain, to continue to compete seasonally when the current Al-Nasr player moved to Spanish Real Madrid in 2009-2010, leading to a single match once morest his eternal rivals in 2020-2021 with the Juventus logo. The Italian is in the group stage of the European Champions League, and then the last meeting that brought them together ended with three clean goals for the Italian club.
In the matches they faced, Ronaldo won 11 matches once morest Messi, lost 16, and attended a draw in 9 matches. Al-Nasr announced its contract with Portuguese legend Cristiano Ronaldo on Saturday in a free transfer deal following terminating his contract with Manchester United, before presenting it in a huge ceremony held in Rasul Park in Riyadh on Tuesday.
