Riyadh XI vs PSG: Lionel Messi Scores Quick Goal, CR7 Man of The Match Despite Team Loss

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo meet again in a friendly match between Riyadh XI challenging PSG at the King Fahd International Stadium.

This is the time CR7 is seen as the best player. Although the team he defended Riyadh XI narrowly lost to Paris Saint Germain.

There is something else interesting that Kylian Mbappe is back to challenge the club he defends, Cristiano Ronaldo.

Kylian Mbappe had checked the swelling felt by Cristiano Ronaldo in the friendly match between Riyadh XI challenging PSG at the King Fahd International Stadium, Friday (20/1/2023).

The event happened at the time when the 2nd set was about to begin. Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappe were seen engaging in a momentary conversation in front of the referee.

Subsequently, Cristiano Ronaldo revealed a small swelling on his cheek to Kylian Mbappe.

Kylian Mbappe, who had walked away, next returned to Ronaldo and grasped the swollen injury to Ronaldo's cheek.

Next Kylian Mbappe went back laughing, then was retaliated by Ronaldo with a fist raised in the air.

It is not clear what conversation is between his 2. But Ronaldo seems to want to show a swollen injury to Mbappe, and Mbappe checks if it's a genuine injury.

Kylian Mbappe really liked Cristiano Ronaldo as he grew up in his teens. In Mbappe's room at that time, it was loaded with posters of Cristiano Ronaldo.

As of now, his 2 seems to equally appreciate both.

Just before the game Ronaldo had a chance to greet Kylian Mbappe, alongside Neymar, and Lionel Messi as he walked down the hallway towards the pitch.

After the match, although he lost, Cristiano Ronaldo was chosen Man of The Match

The Portuguese soccer star admitted that he felt fond of it after he returned to play on the pitch.

Cristiano Ronaldo was chosen to be the man of the match in the Riyadh XI match against PSG which ended with a score of 5-4 for PSG.

Although in that match, Cristiano was in the losing team, Riyadh XI, but he scored 2 goals.

"Really like being able to come back on the pitch again, and score goals!! And love watching some old colleagues!" noted Ronaldo on his Twitter and instagram.

Ronaldo's face was a little swollen when he was fouled by the PSG goalkeeper when he was about to head the ball over.

Paris Saint Germain (PSG) won the friendly match over Riyadh Season XI with a score of 5-4.

Lionel Messi scored a lightning goal to open PSG's goal as the game went on for less than 3 minutes.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a counter-goal via penalty kick in the 34th minute, after he was seen as fouled by PSG goalkeeper Keylor Navas as he surged for the ball.

In the 39th minute, PSG had to play 10 players after Juan Bernat was kicked for a hard foul when he dropped a PSG player who ran towards the PSG goal and was about to score.

Despite playing 10 players, PSG were able to score through Marquinhos in the 43rd minute.

PSG almost added to the lead in the injury period, after Neymar was rewarded with a penalty.

But Neymar's penalty was intercepted by Riyadh XI goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Owais.

Furthermore, Cristiano Ronaldo again matched the position in the first injury time set with his football when he took advantage of his header that went into the net.

The 2nd set , Sergio Ramos scored in the 53rd minute giving PSG the lead again.

The goal was then countered by South Korea's Riyadh XI player Jan Hyun-so with his header in the 56th minute.

The score of 3-3 lasted 4 minutes.

The moment before Kylian Mbappe scored the goal that made it 4-4 for PSG, through a penalty kick in the 60th minute after Messi's shot made a handball in the penalty area.

The pressure of the match began to drop after the 2 teams began to replace some of their main players.

In Riyadh X1, Cristiano Ronaldo was taken on the 61st mneit replaced by Matheus Pereira.

Neymar, Lionel Messi, Achraf Hakimi, Kylian Mbappe, Keylor Navas were picked up and swapped in the 62nd minute.

So did Sergio Ramos swapped a minute after that.

Appearing with new players started influential in the PSG team. In the 78th minute, PSG changed the score to 5-3 after Hugo Ekitike scored an assist from Ismaël Gharbi Álvarez.

In the injury period, Riyadh XI scored a goal that made the final score 5-4 after Talisca scored through a long-range shot that PSG's alternative goalkeeper, Gianluigi Donnarumma, could not intercept.