In the Saudi Super Cup semifinals, Al Nassr played Al Ittihad and thousands of fans screamed Lionel Messi name at Cristiano Ronaldo
Al Nassr lost to Al Ittihad 3-1 in the Saudi Super Cup semifinals and didn’t win the first title of the Cristiano Ronaldo era. It was the first big letdown for the thousands of fans who were looking forward to seeing Cristiano play in the championship game.
Before the Saudi Super Cup semifinal game between Al Ittihad and Al Nassr, Cristiano Ronaldo got a big surprise. At the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, a group of Al Ittihad fans decided to welcome him by chanting the name of Lionel Messi.
Al Ittihad fans break out into Messi chants infront of Cristiano Ronaldo, video goes viral
🔥 جماهير الاتحاد تردد باسم اللاعب ( ميسي ) لحظة دخول لاعب فريق النصر ( كريستيانو رونالدو )#الاتحاد_النصر pic.twitter.com/WnYSswNClu
— قصي نقادي (@Qusay_itfc) January 26, 2023
Also, Al-Nassr are officially out of the Saudi Super Cup because they lost to Al Ittihad 3-1 in the semifinals. At Riyadh, Ronaldo’s team didn’t score a goal.
All about teams Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo played for
Since it was announced that Cristiano Ronaldo was the new star in Saudi Arabia, Al-Nassr have won all of their official games. Also, they are in first place in the Saudi Pro League right now. The Saudi Super Cup now has four teams instead of three. Al-Nassr got in because Al-Hilal won the Pro League and came in second in the King Cup. So, since Al-Nassr finished third in the league last year, they were invited.
Al Ittihad, on the other hand, is one of the biggest threats to Al Nassr. In the Saudi Pro League, they are currently in third place, just two points behind Cristiano Ronaldo’s team. So, Lionel Messi’s name came up in the middle of the big fight. Check out the amazing thing that happened.
Quick look in Lionel Messi’s starting career
Messi has been playing football since he was a child. In 1995, he joined the Newell’s Old Boys youth team (a Rosario-based top-division football club). Messi’s amazing skills made top clubs on both sides of the Atlantic want to sign him.
When Messi was 13, he moved to Barcelona with his family and started playing for FC Barcelona’s under-14 team. He scored 21 goals in 14 games for the junior team, and he quickly moved up to higher-level teams. When he was 16, he played in a friendly match for FC Barcelona, which was his first game with the team.
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