The high profile friendly between Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami and Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr is just a few days away. The friendly between two of the world’s best footballers has garnered quite a bit of interest since being announced. The reason being this might be the final time both stalwarts of the game face each other. But will Cristiano Ronaldo feature against Messi’s Inter Miami? Let’s find out.
Inter Miami vs Al Nassr will be played at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh on February 1st. The high-profile match see numerous superstars of world football play against each other. While Al Nassr will see Sadio Mane, Aymeric Laporte, Marcelo Brozovic and Cristiano Ronaldo play for them, Inter Miami’s team will include Lionel Messi, Luiz Suarez, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba.
Will Cristiano Ronaldo play against Lionel Messi?
Cristiano Ronaldo has sustained a calf injury. He is expected to be out for up to two weeks to undergo treatment and rehabilitation. The injury makes Ronaldo a doubt for Al-Nassr’s upcoming friendly against Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami.
Ronaldo is expected to miss Al-Nassr’s upcoming friendlies against Shanghai Shenhua (January 24) and Zhejiang (January 28). However, if Ronaldo does not recover in a timely manner, he could also be ruled out of the eagerly anticipated friendly against Messi and Inter Miami at the Kingdom Arena on February 1.