In the middle of a friendly match, anything goes, including the care and dosing of each piece for official matches, just like Paris Saint Germain (PSG) did this Thursday during the 5-4 win over the Riyahdh XI from Saudi Arabia.
The staging pointed to a duel between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, with Neymar, Kylian Mbappé, Sergio Ramos, Keylor Navas, among others, as supporting actors, in addition to what the Portuguese striker’s debut with an Arab team meant.
After waiting three dates due to suspension, Cristiano Ronaldo will be able to appear in the Arab League with Al Nassr, from next day, so this Thursday’s clash was his debut.
The Riyadh team was a hybrid between players from Al Nassr and Al Hilal, which was led by Argentine Marcelo Gallardo and served to put on a show with four goals scored, two of them by Cristiano.
PSG won financially and sportingly in the friendly played in Saudi Arabia. He saved Messi and Neymar for 30 minutes and received a millionaire figure
In the midst of everything, the great winner was the Parisian team, not only in sports, but also economically, since they placed Messi and Neymar to play for 62 minutes; yes, after the Argentine gave away a great goal at minute 3 in combination with Mbappe.
The moment for the game to be forgotten was in that fraction 62, when both Messi, Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo himself left the field.
The top stars gave their best in just over half a game, while fans who paid between $10 and $435 greeted them with applause, but were also left wanting to see them play more.
Perhaps this was not the case for the fan who paid 2.6 million dollars for an auctioned ticket, to see the game in a privileged place and have contact with Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi himself, in the dressing room area.
According to the French media that the Infobae portal collects, PSG earned 15 million dollars in profits for this presentation, free of charge, which explains why the risk of making a flight of more than 14 hours to play the friendly.
PSG comes from losing the last three games as a visitor in Ligue 1 and had to reschedule their next match for the French Cup.
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Source: Eluniverso
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