Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi transported followers again in time to the heyday of their storied rivalry as each forwards acquired on the scoresheet in an exhibition match in Riyadh.
Ronaldo scored twice on his first look in Saudi Arabia with Lionel Messi additionally on track as Riyadh All Stars took on the Argentine World Cup winner’s Paris St Germain.
WATCH IN THE VIDEO ABOVE: Ronaldo recovers after a punch from PSG goalkeeper Keylor Navas to attain a penalty.
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The perimeters shared 9 objectives as PSG ran out 5-Four winners within the exhibition match on the King Fahd Stadium.
Messi opened the scoring from Neymar’s cross with solely two minutes on the clock.
The All Stars, made up of gamers from Al Hilal and Ronaldo’s new membership Al Nassr, equalized when the Portugal captain crashed in a penalty after he was fouled by PSG keeper Keylor Navas.
Regardless of it solely being a pleasant PSG have been decreased to 10 males when Juan Bernat noticed pink for a foul.
The French aspect went forward once more by way of a objective from centre-half Marquinhos at a nook.
Neymar then had a weak penalty saved by Mohammed al Owais after he was tripped within the space, and Ronaldo made it 2-2 earlier than half-time when he transformed the rebound after his header got here again off a put up.
Ronaldo’s former Actual Madrid teammate Sergio Ramos put PSG again in entrance, just for Jang Hyun-soo to equalise.
There was to be no hat-trick for Ronaldo with the 37-year-old withdrawn after an hour.
A Kylian Mbappe penalty and a objective from Hugo Ekitike put the guests two forward earlier than Anderson Talisca pulled one again.
