It is that this Thursday when Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi meet at the King Fahd Stadium, in Riyadh, in a non-public soccer match the place they may face Paris Saint-Germain, the place they play in Argentina, and the choice from Liga from Paris Saint-Germain. Saudi Arabia, the place the Portuguese star will quickly play. The method this occasion is introduced, it seems like a boxing match between soccer gamers who in current years have shared the throne of the greatest in the world, however who haven’t met since December 2020, when Juventus and Barcelona met. one another in the League of Champions.
Proof that this can be a debate that’s elevating nice expectations, particularly in Arab international locations, is that, in line with the group, there have been greater than two million on-line requests for tickets to the recreation, which begins at 17:00. (in Lisbon). More than that. VIP ticket gross sales introduced in over 2.5 million euros, paid for by actual property tycoon Musharraf al-Ghamdi.
The nice expectation of the recreation is as a result of a month in the past Messi was chosen as the world champion in Qatar, and since Ronaldo moved to Saudi Al-Nassr, the place he’ll obtain the greatest contract in the historical past of soccer: 200 million euros per yr. This shall be, in any case, the first time that CR7 will play in Saudi Arabia, after being launched to a brand new membership – he used the two suspensions that had been utilized to him in England – so that is the first time that the Portuguese. the entrance will be seen in motion. In reality, that’s what makes the first look of Al-Nassr, scheduled for January 22, and Al-Ettifaq, counting the Saudi League.
PSG shall be in Saudi Arabia to satisfy a promise that was presupposed to be made final yr, however which was postponed as a consequence of the covid-19 pandemic. And the fact is that now it has discovered one other half as a result of the different half shall be Cristiano Ronaldo. Despite this, the Parisian membership will obtain what was agreed: 10 million euros for the exhibition recreation, which requires the presence of its stars: Messi, Neymar and Mbappé.
In the background is the French Cup match, postponed till Monday, in opposition to Pays de Cassel, a sports activities workforce from the French areas. For a gaggle of millionaires, the most essential factor now could be cash…
Cristiano Ronaldo will apparently be the chief of the Saudi League workforce, often known as the Saudi All-Star XI, which shall be coached by Argentine Marcelo Gallardo, who at the finish of 2022 left the command of River Plate, after 9 years. In addition to CR7, the Argentine can have different gamers who’ve performed Portuguese soccer, comparable to Anderson Talisca (ex-Benfica) from Brazil and Matheus Pereira (Ex-Sporting), from Mali Moussa Marega (ex-FC Porto). ) and Peruvian Andre Carrillo (previously of Benfica and Sporting).
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