Rewind to Thursday Football match Messi’s move to Inter Miami has attracted former teammates Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba from Barcelona; they joined him despite failing to meet all their expectations regarding results.
Despite occasional glimpses of old magic on the attack from these four, Miami’s defence still needs work. With Major League Soccer just around the corner and Miami having endured an underwhelming preseason performance, they are still awaiting their first victory this season.
As evidenced by their fans’ disappointment following defeats at FC Dallas and New York City FC and playing El Salvador to a scoreless tie where Messi and Suarez both started, fans’ expectations will not increase significantly.
At the beginning of this week, they suffered an embarrassing defeat at Al Hilal – longstanding opponents of Ronaldo Al Nassr. Ronaldo’s statements from July last year, wherein he asserted that the Saudi Pro League is superior to Major League Soccer, have recently come back into focus.
Al Nassr will ensure Messi is reminded of his comment every time they step onto the field this season, even with Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe as potential successors of Messi and Ronaldo in future games. With 13 Ballon d’Ors between them, Messi and Ronaldo have reached an unprecedented level of dominance not seen since football history’s dawn – it will likely not be repeated anytime soon, even with players such as Erling Haaland or Kylian Mbappe being considered as potential successors in football.
Over the last two decades, two football titans have dominated global culture for nearly twenty years. Fans have seen two idols compete against each other with all the world at their feet – much like two giant monsters bound in an unending war for supremacy. However, when Inter Miami and Al Nassr meet on Thursday night at the Riyadh Season Cup tournament match-up, this rivalry may close.
Generational conflict remains uncertain due to Ronaldo’s recovery from injury and race against time to be fit for Thursday’s highly anticipated game with Messi.
If he cannot make the squad against Messi on Thursday, then perhaps this rivalry that has so gripped supporters over so many years may finally come to an end; last week, Al Nassr was forced to cancel two friendlies scheduled in China because of Ronaldo’s calf injury which has caused Al Nassr into withdrawing two friendlies there as well.
Football Player Ronaldo has yet to announce their decision to drop out publicly. Al Nassr hasn’t provided details regarding Ronaldo’s withdrawal in Football.
Many have raved about Ronaldo and Messi since their respective debuts in Manchester and Barcelona, respectively, with fans excited at the prospect of them facing each other on the pitch for the first time. Their prayers were answered when Ronaldo signed with Real Madrid in 2009 while leaving Manchester United; since then, their lives are so intrinsically linked that no separation is possible.
Messi scored 672 goals in 778 matches for Catalan giants FC Barcelona, while Ronaldo amassed 450 goals in 438 games for Los Blancos, setting La Liga on fire. Ronaldo ended his career scoring 450 for Los Blancos alone, and they have both become two of the greatest players ever before moving on to Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain, respectively.
Messi and Ronaldo have amassed thirteen Ballon d’Or awards between them – an unprecedented record in sports. It seems unlikely that such dominance can ever be replicated again, even with players like Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe as potential successors of Messi and Ronaldo.
Messi’s move to Inter Miami has lured former teammates from Barcelona – Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba – along with him to join. However, their collaboration has yet to yield the desired results as Miami’s defence still requires considerable improvement, although occasional glimpses exist of what these four had together on the attack. With Major League Soccer season just around the corner and Miami having endured a less-than-stellar preseason showing thus far – they are still searching for their first-season victory
As evidence of their incompetence and defeats by FC Dallas and New York City FC, as well as El Salvador to a scoreless tie, expectations will remain high for fans.
Furthermore, early this week, they fell to Ronaldo Al Nassr’s longtime enemies, Al Hilal, which defeated them 4-0 and gave new life to Ronaldo’s statements from July regarding Saudi Pro League superiority compared to Major League Soccer; these statements could come back to haunt Messi each time he dons his boots this season! If Al Nassr succeeds against Miami, those statements could haunt Messi anew every time he puts on his shoes this season!
