Football: Messi and Ronaldo will face off for a “last dance” in Saudi Arabia in February 2024

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2023-11-21 21:40:02

Rename it the “Messi vs Ronaldo cup”. Just a year after bringing together Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo on the same football field, one in the jersey of Paris Saint-Germain and the other at the head of a unified team of the Saudi clubs of Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal, the “Riyadh Season Cup” will once again see the two legends clash during its next edition, in February 2024.

Exit PSG in this fourth opus of the Cup, and make way for Inter Miami, which has agreed to take part in this small tournament which will see David Beckham’s club and Al-Nassr’s club compete in turn. where Cristiano Ronaldo and Al-Hilal evolve. Neymar, victim of a serious left knee injury in October, will therefore miss what could have been an incredible reunion.

The match between Al-Nassr and Inter Miami, between Ronaldo and Messi, is described as “Last Dance”, in reference to the successful documentary on Michael Jordan) by the organization of the tournament, which takes place in the part of the Riyadh Season, an annual cultural event in Saudi Arabia.

The exact date of the match remains to be defined, but this exhibition cup, which the organization already promises will “be followed around the world due to the presence in the three clubs of international football stars”, should to be played at the recently opened Kingdom Arena “the first week of February”. That is, a few days before another major sporting event: the unification fight for the world heavyweight boxing belts between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, which will take place on February 17.


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