Cristiano Ronaldo

Thursday night was GOATs in the Gulf, an exhibition match between a Riyadh Season Team featuring Ronaldo, newly signed up to the Saudi Pro League, and Messi's ...

Then [Marquinhos](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/297070/Marquinhos) scored a tap-in to make it 2-1, before PSG had the chance to make it 3-1 when Neymar was awarded a penalty after a VAR review. [Juan Bernat](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/164194/Juan-Bernat) was sent off for wiping out Mohamed Kanno on the halfway line. By the time Ronaldo and Messi -- last on the same pitch when Barcelona met Juventus in the Champions League in 2020 -- were substituted after 60 minutes, the score was 4-3. Jumping to head a free-kick floated into the penalty area, he was clattered by former Real Madrid teammate [Keylor Navas](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/73247/Keylor-Navas), and Qatari referee Abdulrahman al Jassim pointed to the spot. [Brentford](/soccer/team?id=337) and just a couple of weeks from scoring Premier League hat tricks against Tottenham and Norwich. Even though it wasn't quite [Real Madrid](/soccer/team?id=86) against [Barcelona](/soccer/team?id=83) or [Portugal](/soccer/team?id=482) vs.

Lionel Messi and PSG took on Cristiano Ronaldo and the Riyadh All-Stars in a thrilling nine-goal friendly on Thursday.

could be back for Monday’s contest against Pays de Cassel in the French Cup, unless manager Cristophe Galtier opts to rotate and use youngsters. Ronaldo then drilled the attempt past Navas towards the right-middle corner. It took just three minutes for the highlights to start rolling.

To build excitement for the match, Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Entertainment Turki al-Sheikh announced a charity auction for a "Beyond Imagination" ...

Manchester United described the decision as mutual, however, the club also thanked Ronaldo for his "immense contribution" over two stints at Old Trafford (2003-09, 2021-22). The proceeds, al-Sheikh said, will go to the Saudi charity Ehsan. This ticket would allow the winning fan to attend the opening ceremony, access the team locker rooms, and meet players such as Ronaldo, Messi, and PSG's Kylian Mbappé.

It was Cristiano Ronaldo versus Lionel Messi, Chapter 37, and it was eventful, perhaps even fun, but the most preposterous part was simply that it happened ...

Una de las grandes rivalidades del futbol se reanudará en el inesperado escenario del estadio Rey Fahd de Riad. La cita será el jueves para otro capítulo de ...

Además, el United rescindió el contrato del astro luso y éste terminó en Al Nassr, un de los fichajes más asombrosos en la historia. Después del Mundial, se enfoca en repetir campeón con el PSG en la liga francesa. Nada que pueda ocurrir el jueves en Riad cambiará las cosas en el debate. La cita será el jueves para otro capítulo de Lionel Messi vs. Messi finalmente se consagró campeón en una Copa Mundial con Argentina en diciembre. Cristiano perdió la titularidad tanto con la selección como su club.

El crack luso hizo doblete y el argentino anotó el primer gol en el partido entre las estrellas de la liga árabe y el Paris Saint-Germain.

En la segunda mitad, el juego no cambió mucho. El luso se encargó de disparar la pena máxima y anotaba el empate. A los 78 minutos, Hugo Ekitike anotaba el quinto del PSG y Anderson Talisca, en la reposición, descontó y dejó el marcador 5-4 a favor los parisinos que se llevaron el triunfo de un partido en el que los focos fueron para Messi y Cristiano que no defraudaron.

Sofia Vergara, her son Manolo, and niece Claudia traveled to Saudi Arabia to watch Paris Saint-German take on Riyadh All-Stars in a friendly match.

for his birthday](/us/celebrities/20230112341437/natti-natasha-surprise-son-messi-birthday/) [Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez take their children to enjoy Saudi Arabia’s tourist wonders](/us/celebrities/20230117341594/cristiano-ronaldo-and-georgina-rodriguez-enjoy-saudi-arabia/) With [Lionel Messi](https://www.hola.com/us/tags/lionel-messi/) on PSG and [Cristiano Ronaldo on Al Nassr,](/us/celebrities/20230105341152/the-future-of-ronaldo-and-georgina-rodriguez-in-saudi-arabia/) it was a highly anticipated match. [Sofia Vergara](https://www.hola.com/us/tags/sofia-vergara/) is enjoying her time in Saudi Arabia!

Cristiano Ronaldo se estrenó en Arabia Saudita con un doblete frente a Keylor Navas, con quien compartió éxitos de Champions League con Real Madrid.

El siguiente gol apareció sobre el agregado de la primera parte, después de que el PSG se adelantara 2-1 en el marcador y tras una falla de Neymar en un penalti que podía haber puesto todo 3-1. Finalizó así el cotejo para Cristiano Ronaldo, en primera instancia, y posteriormente para Lionel Messi, Neymar, Mbappé y Keylor Navas. El primer tanto llegó desde el manchón de penalti, luego de sufrir un fuerte golpe en el costado izquierdo del rostro, precisamente en una mala salida de Keylor Navas; Cristiano se encargó de mandar al fondo de las redes el esférico tras vencer al portero tico con un disparo sobre su costado izquierdo.

El partido de este jueves también será a nivel de clubes, pero en instancias muy diferentes: el PSG de Messi jugará un encuentro amistoso contra un equipo de ...

(Foto de JOSEP LAGO/AFP vía Getty Images) El encuentro comenzará a las 12 hora ET. Lionel Messi y Cristiano Ronaldo vuelven a enfrentarse tras más de dos años: el frente a frente de sus carreras

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo put on a show as they came head to head in Paris Saint-Germain's 5-4 win over a Riyadh All-Star XI on Thursday.

“Footballers like Ronaldo and Messi have huge profiles and we’d like to see them resisting being used as the famous faces of sportswashing, including by speaking out about human rights issues in both Saudi Arabia and Qatar.” “Ronaldo’s big-money transfer to Al Nassr and Messi’s engagement by the Saudi authorities as a tourism ambassador are both part of Riyadh’s aggressive sportswashing programme, with the authorities seeking to exploit the celebrity appeal of elite sport to deflect attention from the country’s appalling human rights record,” Peter Frankental, Amnesty UK’s economic affairs director, said in a statement. [sportswashing](https://www.cnn.com/videos/sports/2020/04/27/sportswashing-history-saudi-arabia-newcastle-united-russia-china-football-world-cup-spt-intl.cnn) – a phenomenon whereby corrupt or autocratic regimes invest in sport and sports events to whitewash their international reputation – from both Saudi Arabia and Qatar, which bankrolls PSG through the company Qatar Sports Investments. “Backed by an incredibly passionate crowd at the King Fahd International Stadium, the Saudi Pro League players truly put in a performance to be proud of that showcased the strength of Saudi Arabian football.” “Players from our league relished the opportunity to pit their talents against some of the best players in the world, such as Kylian Mbappé, Neymar, Achraf Hakimi, and, of course, Lionel Messi,” Saudi Pro League chairman AdbulAziz Al-Afaleq said in a statement. Despite being a friendly, the game was played at a furious pace as a packed out crowd inside the King Fahd Stadium was treated to a goal-fest between the French champion and a team consisting of the best players from Saudi’s domestic league.

THIS is the hilarious moment Cristiano Ronaldo reunited with Sergio Ramos before sparing his old pal's blushes.The iconic duo spent nine years toget.

And Ramos was unable to hide the shock on his face as Ronaldo pointed out his error. [Paris Saint-Germain and a Riyadh All-Stars XI](https://www.the-sun.com/sport/7154304/psg-vs-saudi-all-star-xi-result-stream-tv-channel-ronaldo-messi/) in Saudi Arabia. But the moment was marked by a hilarious incident when Ronaldo noticed Ramos was still wearing his earrings.

CR7 disputó su primer partido en Arabia Saudita desde que llegó al Al-Nassr y fue uno de los platos fuertes del amistoso contra PSG.

Minutos después, [Cristiano Ronaldo](https://www.espn.com.mx/futbol/jugador/_/id/22774/cristiano-ronaldo) aprovechó un rechace al poste, y con la 'ayuda' de Sergio Ramos, que sacó mal el balón, CR7 volvió a empatar el duelo. En un partido amistoso entre su equipo y el rival Al-Hilal contra el [PSG](/futbol/equipo/_/id/160/paris-saint-germain), transmitido por ESPN en Star+ , el astro hizo un poco de todo y tuvo una gran actuación, a pesar de la derrota por 5-4 ante los franceses . "¡Muy feliz de estar de vuelta en la cancha y haber marcado! El portugués dejó paso al brasileño Matheus Pereira del Al-Hilal . Tras una entrada del portero Keylor Navas, el portugués sufrió un penalti, que él mismo cobró y empató el partido 1-1. [Cristiano Ronaldo](https://www.espn.com.mx/futbol/jugador/_/id/22774/cristiano-ronaldo) se tomó el amistoso en serio, llegando incluso a cometer una falta sobre [Lionel Messi](https://www.espn.com.mx/futbol/jugador/_/id/45843/lionel-messi) en la primera jugada que involucró a las dos estrellas del partido.