Anderson Talisca of Al-Nassr celebrates with teammates after scoring his crew’s second aim through the friendly between Al-Nassr and Inter Miami at Kingdom Arena on February 01, 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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What was billed as a possible ultimate assembly between longtime rivals Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo did not materialise, however there was little doubt which of the superstars loved Al-Nassr’s 6-0 rout of Inter Miami extra on Thursday.
Messi spent all however the ultimate seven minutes on the Miami bench trying more and more glum as Al-Nassr, cheered on by an appreciative Ronaldo sitting excessive in the Kingdom Arena stands recovering from a calf harm, ran riot in this friendly and scored three targets in the primary 12 minutes.
Inside three minutes, Otavio fired an unstoppable shot into the highest nook of Miami’s aim which had his Portuguese compatriot Ronaldo on his toes cheering and clapping. It occurred once more three minutes later as Brazil’s Anderson Talisca scored from shut vary.
Aymeric Laporte then did the other, sending a free-kick from contained in the Al-Nassr half over the pinnacle of Miami goalkeeper Drake Callender, who sprinted again towards his aim in a useless try to dam the surprising shot.
The MLS crew, 4-3 losers to Nassr’s Riyadh rival Al-Hilal three days beforehand in the primary recreation of its Saudi Arabian tour, supplied little in assault in the primary half aside from a Luis Suarez volley.
After the break, the targets continued for Al-Nassr, which was additionally lacking Sadio Mané to worldwide obligation with Senegal and 5 senior home gamers on the Asian Cup with the Saudi Arabian nationwide crew.
After 51 minutes, Talisca scored his second from the spot and halfway by way of the half, Mohammed Maran headed a fifth. There was nonetheless time for Talisca to finish his hat trick and Miami’s humiliation.
Messi got here on in the closing levels however had little influence.
Miami’s preseason tour continues in Asia with video games in Hong Kong on Sunday and Japan three days later.
