Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo every scored in an eventful 5-4 Paris Saint-German victory over Saudi All-Star XI right here on the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Thursday.
While Messi has been enjoying for the Parisians for the reason that 2021-22 season, Ronaldo not too long ago accomplished a transfer to Al Nassr following the mutual termination of his Manchester United contract.
Thursday`s recreation was the primary match-up between the 2 soccer titans since 2020 and the thirty seventh time of their careers. It might be the final time that they meet on the pitch.
It was solely becoming that Messi and Ronaldo had been the primary to attain, with the Argentine legend doing so simply three minutes in. However, Ronaldo fought again and scored on a penalty kick within the thirty fourth minute.
PSG`s Juan Bernat acquired a crimson card within the thirty ninth minute earlier than Marquinhos gave them the lead once more (44`). CR7 managed his second objective (45`+6`), tying the match at halftime.
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The backwards and forwards continued within the second half with Sergio Ramos giving PSG a short-lived 3-2 lead (53`). Jang Hyun-Soo levelled it at three all three minutes later.
French celebrity Kylian Mbappe pushed PSG forward – once more – with a objective off a penalty kick at 60`.
Shortly after, Ronaldo (61`) and Messi (62`) got here off the sector.
Hugo Ekitike prolonged PSG`s lead, scoring within the 78th minute to make it 5-3. Al Nassr by no means gave up with Anderson Talisca giving his facet a fourth objective late within the recreation (90`+4`) however it wasn`t sufficient.
Ronaldo and Messi now have every scored 23 objectives when dealing with one another although Messi leads with 17 wins within the sequence to Ronaldo`s 11.
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