Cristiano Ronaldo will debut as captain against Messi’s PSG

Cristiano Ronaldo will be the captain of the All-Star made up of players from Al Hilal and Al Nassr that will face PSG this Thursday in Riyadh. Turki al-Sheikh, advisor to the Saudi Royal Court, president of the General Entertainment Authority and also president of Almería, published a video on social networks on Monday in which he confirmed the Portuguese as captain in a meeting that will have as its main incentive his duel with Leo Messi.

This Tuesday morning PSG will leave for Doha to visit Qatar and then embark on a flight to Saudi Arabia to face a team that will be led by Marcelo Gallardo, former River Plate coach. It will be, except for a major surprise, the last dance between Messi and Cristiano, two soccer legends who have starred in an unmatched rivalry in the history of the king of sports for more than a decade.

The 37-year-old Portuguese has not yet made his debut for Al Nassr and Thursday’s will be his first game on Saudi soil. PSG, on the other hand, will try to regain the confidence they lost at the beginning of the yearadding two defeats, the last one this Sunday against Rennes. The Parisians will pocket more than 10 million euros for the brief stage they will carry out in the Middle East.