What could be the last duel between the Argentine star and the Portuguese favored Paris Saint Germain. In an emotional match, the Paris team, with Lionel Messi, he beat the Riyadh XI that had Cristiano Ronaldo in its ranks.
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with this party They remembered those clashes between Barcelona and Real Madridwhere Messi and Ronaldo defended their shirts, respectively.
The King Fahd International Stadium in Saudi Arabia was the setting for Cristiano and Lionel to face each other once again. In total, both players They have seen each other’s faces 37 times.
They met 18 times for the Spanish League, 6 for the UEFA Champions League, 5 for the Copa del Rey and 2 in matches between Argentina and Portugal.
Lionel Messi won 19 of the 37 duels against Cristiano Ronaldocounting this last confrontation. For his part, ‘El Bicho’ has won 11 games.
On the subject of annotationsCR7 has 21 goalsone less than Messi, who has 22.
The last game played (before the one in Saudi Arabia) between the best players of this era dates back to December 8, 2020. In that opportunity, Juventus thrashed Barcelona 3-0 with 2 goals from Cristiano Ronaldo.
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The most recent duel was for Messi’s Paris Saint Germain
With the world champion captain and ‘CR7’ on the pitch, a match began that tHe had a total of 9 goals, 3 of them converted by the protagonists.
Fast, at minute 3The star Argentinian scored the first goal of the match after a pass from Neymar.
Nevertheless, Cristiano Ronaldo also said present on the scoreboard by scoring a penalty goal in the 34th minute, leaving the score 1-1.
Paris Saint Germain took the lead again in the 43rd minute with a lot by Marcos Aoás Corrêa. The best French team could widen the difference by means of a maximum penalty, but the goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Owais covered the shot and denied the possibility.
Before the end of the first period, the ‘Bug’ brought out all his talent and scored the 2-2 parity.
In it minute 61 and 62, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi withdrew from the field of play amid applause and ovations by the public present in the stadium.
In the end the result favored the Frenchas the score ended 5-4. But that is left aside, at the moment of thinking that this could be the last confrontation between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
