Cristiano Ronaldo has been handed the responsibility of leading out his side, which will contain players from Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal.
It will be Ronaldo’s first match since joining Al Nassr officially on January 1, and he will lead out a team made up of players from Saudi sides Al Hilal and Al Nassr
A Riyadh All-Star XI will on Thursday face off against Paris Saint-Germain in a friendly game.
الوعد ان شاءالله يوم ١٩ يناير … لقاء فوق الخيال … ومدير الفريق الكابتن خالد الشنيف ان شاءالله والتشكيلة غداً بيعلنها المدرب وخالد … اتمنى يومها ننسى الهلال والنصر ساعتين ونصير كلنا موسم الرياض… وبعد الساعتين نوقف الهدنة 😂🇸🇦❤️ pic.twitter.com/nttB07IgBb
— TURKI ALALSHIKH (@Turki_alalshikh) January 15, 2023
The match will make Ronaldo go up against long-term rival Lionel Messi, with PSG currently on a tour of the Middle East.
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Other familiar names in the squad include Saudi Arabia internationals Salem Al-Dawsari, who scored in the shock group-stage win over Argentina in last year’s World Cup, and Saud Abdulhamid.
Ronaldo missed the first two domestic games for Al Nassr, but he will make his first competitive appearance in the Saudi Pro League on Sunday when Al Nassr host Al Ettifaq.
