{"id":599085,"date":"2023-01-19T09:50:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T15:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/19\/vip-ticket-for-messi-ronaldo-clash-fetches-2-6m\/"},"modified":"2023-01-19T09:50:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T15:50:13","slug":"vip-ticket-for-messi-ronaldo-clash-fetches-2-6m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/19\/vip-ticket-for-messi-ronaldo-clash-fetches-2-6m\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP ticket for Messi, Ronaldo clash fetches $2.6M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Football <\/p>\n<div data-video=\"native,640,360,4855028\" data-cerebro-id=\"63c80dddca84b70e7e696fc2\" data-source=\"intl\"><figcaption>\n<div>\n<p><span>Is a Saudi Arabia exhibition a sad ending for Messi vs. Ronaldo? (1:43)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Shaka Hislop debates whether Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will ever face each other again. (1:43)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span data-behavior=\"date_time\" data-date=\"2023-01-18T23:00:00Z\"><span data-dateformat=\"time1\" data-showtimezone=\"true\">6:00 PM ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/i\/columnists\/full\/dawson_rob.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop\" alt width=\"40\" height=\"40\"><\/p>\n<p>Rob Dawson<span>Correspondent <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>RIYADH, Saudi Arabia &#8212; A football fan has paid $2.6 million for a VIP ticket to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/22774\/Cristiano-Ronaldo\">Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/45843\/Lionel-Messi\">Lionel Messi<\/a> go head-to-head in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition match at King Fahd International Stadium on Thursday will feature <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=160\">Paris Saint-Germain<\/a> and Messi facing a select side made up of players from Al Hilal and Ronaldo&#8217;s new club Al Nassr.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Messi vs. Ronaldo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/blog-the-toe-poke\/story\/4088676\/messi-and-ronaldos-most-memorable-clashes-from-the-champions-league-to-el-clasico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Head-to-head record; memorable matchups<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A special &#8220;Beyond Imagination&#8221; ticket for the match was auctioned off by the Saudi government&#8217;s entertainment arm promising the winner the opportunity to meet Ronaldo and Messi, as well as access to the team dressing rooms and trophy award.<\/p>\n<p>The bidding started at $260,000 but eventually rose to $2.6m before closing on Wednesday. The money raised will reportedly be donated to charity. Thursday&#8217;s match in Riyadh could be the last time Ronaldo and Messi take the field together.<\/p>\n<p>The two players, considered among the best in history, last featured in the same game during <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=83\">Barcelona<\/a>&#8216;s 3-0 Champions League defeat to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=111\">Juventus<\/a> in December 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The friendly fixture will also mark Ronaldo&#8217;s first football since signing a contract worth more than $214m a year with Saudi Pro League side Al Nassr.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old, who left <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=360\">Manchester United<\/a> in December, has been made to wait for his debut when he was hit by a two-match suspension handed down by the English FA after being found guilty of smacking a phone out of a fan&#8217;s hand following United&#8217;s defeat to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/198940\/Everton\">Everton<\/a> in April.<\/p>\n<p>He is set to make his competitive debut for Al Nassr against Ettifaq on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/paris-saint-germain--frapsg\/story\/4855472\/vip-ticket-for-messi-ronaldo-clash-goes-for-26-million\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a> Margarett Center<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is a Saudi Arabia exhibition a sad ending for Messi vs. Ronaldo? (1:43)Shaka Hislop debates whether Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will ever face each other again. (1:43)6:00 PM ETRob DawsonCorrespondent RIYADH, Saudi Arabia &#8212; A football fan has paid $2.6 million for a VIP ticket to see Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi go head-to-head<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":599086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3790,22673,24844],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-599085","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"category-messi","9":"category-ticket"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}