The Last Dance: Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi Prepare to Lock Horns When Inter Miami and Al-Nassr Clash at Riyadh Cup
Major League Soccer’s Inter Miami and the Saudi Pro League’s Al-Nassr, with their respective superstars, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, will participate in the Riyadh Cup. The friendly tournament will also see Inter Miami take on current SPL leaders Al-Hilal. However, the clash between Ronaldo and Messi is generating the most interest.
Ronaldo and Messi have 13 Ballon d’Or titles between them; they have shared the summit of football for more than the last decade, lighting up the world of football with consummate professionalism and exceptional quality and dominance.
Posting on Instagram, the Argentine World Cup winner Messi indicated: “I can’t wait to be part of #RiyadhSeasonCup with my team Inter Miami CF as we face top Saudi clubs in a historic championship.”
Messi has returned to the U.S. as Inter Miami prepares for their 2024 MLS campaign, with Chris Henderson saying, “We’re evaluating every department in our front office and performance staff, to support [Tata Martino] and his staff and all the players to make sure we’re performing everywhere in the club. We’re looking at everything to [improve the squad.] We have high hopes for 2024, and we want to show what we can do as a club. Winning trophies and having high ambition is something we’ve had since day one.”
Meanwhile, the Riyadh Cup will offer competitive opponents for preparation for the season while giving the fans what they want: a potentially last dance between Messi and Ronaldo.
