Portuguese soccer icon Cristiano Ronaldo will lead the Riyadh Season Stars team as captain against Lionel Messi’s French team Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) on Thursday.
Saudi head of General Entertainment Authority (GEA) Turki Al-Sheikh posted a video on Twitter, placing the captain badge on Ronaldo in Riyadh.
The Riyadh Season Cup will take place on January 19 at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, and will see a combined team of 11 from Al Nassr and Al Hilal clubs, the Saudi Gazette reported.
Cristiano Ronaldo in Saudi Arabia
The 37-year-old football icon will be making his debut for the first time after he signed a $214 million yearly contract with Saudi’s Al Nassr.
Aside from Messi, the PSG team also includes Brazil’s Neymar and France’s Kylian Mbappe.
Ronaldo’s team, on the other side, includes Matheus Pereira and Odion Ighalo of Al-Hilal, and Alvaro Gonzalez and Talisca of Al-Nassr.
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Argentinian coach Marcelo Gallardo is set to lead the Riyadh Season Stars team in the match, the report added.
The game will be exclusively streamed on beIN Sports.
beIN Media Group has announced that its flagship channel, beIN Sports, has acquired the rights across all its territories (Middle East and North Africa, France, Turkey, Asia, North America, and Australasia) to broadcast the highly-anticipated Riyadh Season Cup.
The match will be played in Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd International Stadium on Thursday, January 19.
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