After Messi and his team put Inter Miami out of calculations by beating him (4-3) and (6-0), the poles of Saudi Arabia’s capital Al-Hilal and Al-Nasr will have to go head to head at the Kingdom Arena Stadium today.
In order to determine the champion crowned with the 2024 Riyadh Season Cup, the landing anticipated by ball fans is not only on a local scale and, on a global scale, the two teams’ well-known stars, headed by Portuguese legend Cristiano Ronaldo.
Al-Nasr has two chances to win the Riyadh Season Cup by beating or drawing rivals Al-Hilal, where the team is at the top of the tournament standings with 3 points, level with Al-Hilal, but with their advantage on goal difference after a six-way victory over Inter Miami.
Al-Nasr lost the last match in the first round of the Pro League in the current season, after a 0-3 derby defeat, while the team triumphed over their neighbours in the final of the Champions Copa del Rey, after winning 2-1 thanks to his star goals, goal and captain Cristiano Ronaldo.
Al-Nasr continued his preparations for the clash with Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, who entered group training after a long period of absence due to suffering from the injury that has kept him out throughout the past period.
“Don” joined the collective victory drills in preparation for the forthcoming crescent, ready to participate, both in the starting line-up and enter an alternative in coordination with his Portuguese coach Luis Castro.
Cristiano Ronaldo missed the recent al-nasr exercises due to his muscle injury, with the player travelling with the Nasraoui team’s mission to China, but he could not be present in the training due to his lack of readiness, so that Chinese winter tour officials in coordination with victory management decided to cancel the tour entirely, and not play any friendly match due to Ronaldo’s expected absence.
