Al-Hilal and Al-Nasr Stars will face France’s Paris Saint-Germain at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh today Thursday for the Riyadh Season Cup. His country won the title world champion in Qatar in 2022, and the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, who joined after their last meeting in a match in which Juventus beat Spain’s Barcelona by three goals in December 2020.
It is also the first time that a team made up of Al-Nasr and Al-Hilal stars has played under the same jersey slogan, and it is also the first visit by a French team to Saudi stadiums.
Paris Saint-Germain lead the French league with 47 points, starring Argentina captain Lionel Messi, Brazil’s Neymar, France’s Kylian Mbappé and Moroccan Ashraf Hakimi.
Argentine coach Marcelo Gallardo leads the Al Nasr and Al Hilal Stars team of 22 players, including 14 World Cup players.
The Argentine coach left River Plate in November last year after managing the team for 8 and a half years and became the most winning manager in the club’s history with 14 titles.
To the team Al-Nasr and Al-Hilal Stars includes a number of professionals led by the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, who recently joined Al-Nasr, along with the South Korean Jang Hyun-soo, the Brazilian trio Luis Gustavo, Matthews Pereira, Anderson Taliska. , Argentinian Betty Martinez, Peruvian Andre Carrillo and Malian Musa Marega.
The team also includes a prominent group of local players led by Saudi goalkeeper Muhammad Al-Owais, as well as each of: Amin Bukhari, Abdullah Al-Omari, Ali Lagami, Saud Abdul Hameed, Abdullah Mado, Sultan Al-Ghanam, Khalifa Al -Dosari, Ali Al-Bulaikhi, Abdullah Al-Khaybri, Abdullah Atif and Muhammad Kno, Salem Al-Dosari and Sami Al-Naji.
Advisor Turki Al Sheikh, head of the Entertainment Authority, which is in charge of the season in Riyadh, announced that since Ronaldo took over the leadership of the season team in Riyadh.
International newspapers have taken notice and covered the match in recent days due to the presence of two great stars, Ronaldo and Messi, in a confrontation that hasn’t been seen in years. unimaginable
The announcement of a ticket beyond imagination, with its special benefits, brought the match to the attention of the world, especially after its price was set at 10 million rials ($2.6 million).
Advisor Turki Al Sheikh has previously offered an unimaginable ticket to attend the match and the holder will be granted special privileges for today’s match provided that all proceeds from this ticket will benefit the Ihsan and Al Sheikh platform. opened an auction for a ticket with a million rials, until it reached 10 million, from the share of businessman Musharraf al-Ghamdi.
On the pitch and in preparation for the match, a delegation from the Paris Saint-Germain team arrived in Doha, where the team had a training session yesterday before heading to Riyadh.
Qatari Arbitration
In the same context, it was decided to entrust the refereeing of the match to the Qatari referee team, led by Abdul Rahman Al Jassim as an arena referee, assisted by Talib Salem Al Marri (first assistant), Saud Ahmed Saud (second assistant) and Khamis Muhammad Al Murray (video referee).
