Argentine Marcelo Gallardo, former River Plate coach, will lead Riyadh Season next Thursday, January 19, a team made up of players from Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr from Saudi Arabia, in a friendly against Paris Saint Germain.
“Hello, I’m Marcelo Gallardo and I want to tell you that on January 19 I’m going to lead the Riyadh Season, which will be made up of players from Al Hilal and Al Nassr versus Paris Saint Germain. See you soon there.” commented the Doll in a video.
In this way, the former River Plate coach could direct the historic Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo, a strong reinforcement of Al Nassr, and the Argentine Gonzalo “Pity” Martínez, with whom he worked during his stay at the “Millionaire”. In addition, he will surely be in charge of several of the soccer players of the Saudi Arabian National Team who beat Argentina at the start of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
The friendly will be part of a festival in Saudi Arabia that bears the name of Riyadh Season, the same as the team that Gallardo will stop, in which the government seeks to promote various cultural activities. The current edition, which began at the end of October and will continue until January 22, includes perfume exhibitions, the sale of Saudi products, an amusement park and several live shows, culminating with a concert by the band Imagine Dragons in Mrsool Park, the stadium of Al Nassr.
This meeting would also represent a new and possible last cross between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, two of the best footballers of recent years. In total, they have faced each other 36 times and the Argentine has prevailed on more occasions.
