Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami have denied that they have committed to coming to play a tournament in Saudi Arabia in February, contrary to what was announced by the Saudi promoters of this competition. “Today an announcement was made that Inter Miami would play in the Riyadh Season Cup. This is incorrect,” Inter said in a statement.
According to the organizers of the traditional Riyadh Season Cup, Inter Miami is invited to meet the Saudi teams of Al Nassr and Al-Hilal. The idea was to organize a match that saw Messi (Miami) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Al Nassr) face to face. Lionel Messi, eight-time Ballon d’Or winner, and Cristiano Ronaldo, five-time Ballon d’Or winner, faced each other directly 37 times in their careers, including 30 in the Spanish ‘Clasico’, when the Argentine played for Barcelona and the Portuguese at Real Madrid.
According to football statisticians, Messi has won 17 times and Ronaldo 11, with nine draws. The last meeting between the two took place on 19 January this year in Riyadh, in a friendly match won 5-4 by Messi’s PSG against a selection of the best Saudi Arabian players led by Ronaldo.
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2023-11-21 22:42:50
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