Inter Miami will visit Al Nassr in February 2024 as part of its preparation.
Inter Miami will visit Al Nassr in February 2024 as part of its preparation.
What was a rumor has become official. Inter Miami confirmed that it will face Al-Nassr in its preseason, so Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will meet again to revive one of the great rivalries that soccer has given. Through its social networks, Inter Miami reported that it will hold two games in its preseason against teams from the Arabian League, as it will first face Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia on January 29 and on February 1 it will do so against Al-Nassr.
There will be a new episode of Cristiano Ronaldo against Lionel Messi. Inter Miami announced that Al Nassr will be one of its preseason rivals for next year. The American team will travel to Saudi Arabia to face the two best teams in the Saudi Professional League. They will first face Al Hilal, without Neymar who is still injured, on January 29. Three days later he will face Al Nassr.
These matches will serve as preparation for the next MLS season, where Inter Miami will seek to be one of the candidates for the title. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will meet for the first time since January 19, 2023, when the Argentine’s PSG faced a team of stars from Riyadh that included the Portuguese. On that occasion the French team won 5-4 and both players scored goals.
In this way, Messi still has a wide margin with respect to the former Manchester United attacker. Meanwhile, one of the curiosities of this last match between the two was that the coach of the team for which CR7 played was Marcelo Gallardo. Inter Miami will travel to Saudi Arabia during the 2024 pre-season to participate in the Riyadh Season Cup as part of the Club’s first international tour.
How many times have Messi and Cristiano faced each other?
This will be the thirty-eighth confrontation between Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the two best players in the world of the last two decades. Updated to 2023, in total they have faced each other 37 times, 18 were for the Spanish League, 6 for the Champions League, 5 for the Copa del Rey, 5 for the Spanish Super Cup and 3 for international friendlies. The record is in Messi’s favor with 17 wins and 23 goals scored, while Cristiano won 11 times and scored 23 goals. In turn, the remaining 9 were tied.