Saudi Arabia will probably see the last soccer match between Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Jussi Eskola
The Riyadh Cup, played in Saudi Arabia, would not normally cross the news threshold in Europe.
On Tuesday, the person in charge of the arrangement Turki al-Shikh said that the local Al Nassr and the MLS club Inter Miami will participate in next February’s mini-tournament.
The international press has translated it immediately Leo Messi’s (Inter) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Al Nassr) for the last meeting on the football field.
For Finns, the match is also offered by Huuhkajien by Robert Taylorwho thus gets to try out his skills on the same field as CR7.
Taylor and Messi’s Inter did not reach the MLS playoffs, so the team has a long preparation ahead of them for the new league season, which starts either at the end of February or at the beginning of March.
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As the third club participating in the Riad Cup, Al-Hilal, whose ranks include, for example, Serbia’s top star Aleksandar Mitrovic.
The match between Messi and Ronaldo is stylishly marketed as the “Last Dance”, and naturally Saudi Arabia wants the upcoming match to receive as much attention as possible.