Lionel Messi has been trolled by a Saudi official after lacking Inter Miami’s showdown with Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr.
The two soccer idols have been on account of conflict with a fixture billed as ‘The Last Dance’ in Riyadh on Thursday (February 1). However, to the frustration of followers within the Middle East, neither icon took to the sphere.
Ronaldo was the primary to tug out along with his supervisor confirming that the previous Manchester United and Real Madrid hero was unavailable. Al Nassr boss Luis Castro mentioned it was too quickly for his star participant following an damage.
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“Ronaldo is in the final part of his recovery to join the group. We hope that in the next few days he can start working with the team. He will be absent from the game,” mentioned Castro.
Then, simply earlier than the sport, it was confirmed Messi would miss out too after selecting up a minor knock in a sport towards Al Hilal. The absence of the Argentina World Cup hero drew a withering response from Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of Saudi’s General Authority of Entertainment.
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“I received news that Messi would not play,” Alalshikh, an advisor to the nation’s Royal Court below the rank of Minister, instructed beIN Sports.
He added: “He saw that Cristiano was absent and was afraid that he would lose against Al Nassr without Ronaldo. He would stumble and walk away. He said, ‘Let me go’.”
Ronaldo and Messi have each been talismen for his or her sides since they left United and Paris Saint-Germain respectively. This season, Ronaldo has helped himself to twenty targets and 9 assists in 18 Saudi Pro League appearances. Meanwhile, Messi has led Miami to their first-ever trophy, scoring 11 targets and contributing 5 assists in 14 appearances for the MLS facet.