‘Incredible sequence’: Ronaldo meets Messi, Neymar and Mbappe
Ronaldo scored twice during match against PSG
A video of Cristiano Ronaldo meeting Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe has gone viral on social media.
The short clip was shared by French club Paris Saint Germain on their official Twitter account on Thursday.
It must be noted that Ronaldo recovered from a punch in the face to score twice against Paris Saint Germain in a lively reunion with his great rival Messi, who scored the game’s opening goal, that demonstrated the financial firepower of the resource-rich Gulf.
Ronaldo, 37, was decked by PSG ´keeper Keylor Navas´s flailing fist but he drilled the resulting penalty and then added another in a 5-4 exhibition defeat, his first appearance since moving to Saudi Arabia.
For Qatar-owned PSG, Messi and Kylian Mbappe both scored and Neymar missed a penalty before they withdrew on the hour-mark alongside Ronaldo, who was representing a composite Saudi side, to leave the world´s four best-paid players watching from the bench in Riyadh.
Hundreds of millions of euros worth of footballers were on view for the exhibition game in the Saudi capital, which comes just weeks after neighbouring Qatar spent lavishly on the first World Cup on Arab soil, won by Messi´s Argentina.
Among the packed crowd at the 69,000-seat King Fahd Stadium was a Saudi real estate mogul who paid $2.6 million at auction for a ticket giving him dressing-room access to the players.
It was the first outing in oil-rich Saudi for Ronaldo, who will make his Saudi Pro League debut for Al Nassr on Sunday after signing for more than 200 million euros, according to a source close to the club.
The veteran Portuguese star will be paid an additional 200 million euros, the source told AFP, to be an ambassador for Saudi Arabia´s expected 2030 World Cup joint hosting bid with Egypt and Greece.
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