Lionel Messi and PSG took on Cristiano Ronaldo and the Riyadh All-Stars in a thrilling nine-goal friendly on Thursday.
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo took the field as opponents in what may have been the last installment of their riveting rivalry, though the stakes were nowhere as monumental as their previous showdowns.
Messi and Paris Saint-Germain faced off against Ronaldo and the Riyadh All-Stars – comprising players from Al Nassr and Al Hilal of the Saudi Pro League – in a 5-4 friendly on Thursday that proved both chaotic and mesmerizing.Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters. It took just three minutes for the highlights to start rolling. And, of course, Messi opened the scoring, the first of a nine-goal affair. From the left half-space, Neymar lobbed a through ball over four defenders with the outside of his right foot, and Messi ran onto it to finish in between the goalie and left back.
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