Lionel Andrés Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, two of the best players in history, who have marked an era in football with a rivalry rarely seen, had raised great expectations on the football planet since they had the chance to face each other again, in the friendly agreement between Inter Miami and Al Nassrbut it cannot be.
There will be no “Last Dance”at least for this match, which had initially suffered the significant loss of CR7, who plays for the Arab team, and who has just added that of “La Pulga”, who is also not on the list of starters for this clash that it is starting.
“Cristiano is in the final part of his recovery to join the group,” said his coach Luís Castro in a press conference on Wednesday, referring to the calf injury suffered by the Portuguese star.
Although the confrontation seemed to continue to have a lot of interest due to the presence of Argentine starit has just been confirmed that will not be present either on the playing field from the beginning, due to an ailment in his left hamstringwhich makes coach “Tata” Martino prefer to protect him for this friendly, with the aim of recovering optimally for the following commitments.
The match, being held at Riyadh's Kingdom Arena, had been billed as the final club meeting for the two stars who dominated European football for a decade, particularly during their simultaneous spells with Real Madrid and Barcelona.
“The game was not supposed to be this way…” This is what users are saying on social networks, especially on X (formerly Twitter), who are outraged about the non-presence of the two world football phenomena. We review the reactions.
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