The two players greeted each other before the match and shared friendly gestures during the match. Moments that are making the rounds around the world on social media.
Izabela Pecherska
| 01/20/2023 – 6:18am (GMT-4)
This Thursday saw a historic duel in Saudi Arabia in which PSG Leo Messi He played a friendly match against Riyahd Season, a combined team of Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal football stars in which he played. Cristiano RonaldoA reunion between the two soccer stars that left some great viral moments on social media.
Before their 37th match, the two players greeted each other with a hug, which was captured by cameras, constantly watching them. A video that the Argentine himself, who was playing for the first time a month ago, won the World Cup, he shared in his Instagram stories.
PSG also shared the video in which we see CR7 greeting Neymar, Mbappé, and his hug with Messi. A gesture of affection and respect from the Argentine toward his teammate, who also didn't hesitate to include a photo with Argentina's number 10 in a photo gallery he posted with his more than 500 million followers.
“So happy to be back on the pitch, and on the scoresheet!! And it’s nice to see some old friends!” the striker commented on the post he posted about the sporting event, which featured a photo of him alongside Messi. As expected, the post quickly went viral with over 20 million views. likes.
This match comes just over two years after they last played against each other. Back then, Messi was still wearing Barcelona's kit while the Portuguese player wore Juventus's colors, the latter claiming victory in the Champions League group stage.
This time it was the French team's turn to take the victory, but what everyone will undoubtedly remember are those exchanges between the two sports stars, who despite having been rivals throughout the decades, have great respect for each other, as they have demonstrated on more than one occasion with their words and, once again, with their gestures in this match between PSG and Riyah Season.
Here are more photos of the two players in what could be their last confrontation on the field:
Coincidentally, this clash between Messi and CR7 was number 37 and their numbers added up to that number: the Argentine's was 30 while his colleague's was 7.
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