Al Nassr vs Inter Miami

Inter Miami and Lionel Messi’s pre-season tour continues in Riyadh with a clash against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr at the Kingdom Arena on Thursday night.

Two of the greatest footballers to ever grace the pitch will do battle once more, pitting them against one another for one last dance. Ronaldo and Messi, who’ve won a combined 13 Ballon d’Or awards between them, last met on 19 January 2023 when the Argentine’s Paris-Saint Germain triumphed 5-4.

Ronaldo and Al Nassr were slated to go on tour in China for a pair of friendlies against Zheijang and Shanghai Shenhua, but a muscular injury to the 38-year-old saw those plans scrapped. Al Nassr sit in second place in the Saudi Pro League table behind Al Hilal with 46 points from 19 games played while the former Real Madrid player has bagged 20 goals in 18 appearances this term.

On the other hand, the Herons’ pre-season hasn’t been that enjoyable as they finally scored their first goal in their preparations against Al Hilal in their 4-3 defeat on Monday night. Miami opened their pre-season up with a 0-0 draw with the El Salvador national team and a 1-0 defeat to fellow MLS side FC Dallas.

Messi converted from the spot early in the second half vs Al Hilal to open his account in 2024, but the Herons are searching for their first win of the pre-season.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the pre-season friendly in the Riyadh Season Cup.

Al Nassr vs Inter Miami H2H Record

This is the first time Al Nassr and Inter Miami have met in any competition.

Current Form (Last Five Games)

Al Nassr are set to be without full-back Nawaf Al-Boushal and centre-back Abdullah Madu as the two are both recovering from their respective knocks. Winger Khalid Al-Ghannam is also expected to miss the clash while dealing with his own injury.

The elephant in the room that everyone wants to know about is whether Ronaldo will start the clash, and that still seems to be up in the air. The Manchester United legend wasn’t pictured in training on Monday, so we could see a scenario where he comes off the bench in the second half if he’s not fit enough to play from the jump.

Al Nassr predicted lineup vs Inter Miami (4-2-3-1): Alaqidi; Ghanam, Amri, Laporte,…