Inter Miami lost 4-3 to Al Hilal, but Messi does what Ronaldo cannot do with a goal and an assist.
Al Hilal recorded a 4-3 win against Inter Miami in the Saudi Arabia Riyadh Season Cup played on Monday, January 29, 2024.
Messi will launch the new Inter Miami kit when they take on Ronaldo’s Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia.
Al Hilal 4-3 Inter Miami
In their 2nd pre-season game, Messi and Suarez struggle for Inter Miami against FC Dallas.
Before halftime, Al Hilal led 3-1 thanks to goals from Aleksandar Mitrović in the 10th, Abdullah Al-Hamdan in the 13th, and Michael coming up with a header.
Up until Suarez’s first Inter Miami goal in the 34th minute gave the MLS team some life, the game was one-sided.
Messi scored a goal but was disqualified a minute later, giving Inter Miami hope that their early deficit would be erased.
In the 54th minute, Messi scored on a penalty kick to reduce Inter Miami’s deficit to 3-2.
With a stunning kick past the goalie, David Ruiz gave Inter Miami the equalizer.
After Leo Messi left the field in the 88th minute, Inter Miami was behind again in a matter of minutes.
Malcom, who spent the 2018–19 season playing for Barcelona and some Inter Miami stars, gave Al Hilal a 4–3 lead in the 88th minute with a header past Drake Callendar.
Al Hilal would hold on for the win against Inter Miami in the Riyadh season Cup.
Messi vs Ronaldo ahead of Inter Miami vs Al Nassr
Messi was able to bag a goal and assist against Al Hilal while still in pre-season.
He did more than Ronaldo, who was unable to save Al Nassr from a 3-0 loss to Al Hilal in the Riyadh Derby last December.
Ronaldo and Messi will now face off when Inter Miami takes on Al Nassr to wrap up their pre-season tour of Saudi Arabia on Thursday, February 1, 2024.
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