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Al Nasser of Saudi Arabia has already arrived in China and prepared for the existence of two friendly matches, except that they will not take place due to the injury of the great star Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Portuguese apologized today (Tuesday) for canceling the match trip because he will not be able to take part and clarified in a press conference: "I love the country, I love being here and I regret that I cannot play for you. Please do not be sad, I am a player who does not often get injured in my 22 years And it makes me very sad. Unfortunately, you can't control everything."
So Cristiano Ronaldo will not be coming to the grass in China anytime soon, but hundreds of Chinese who knew that Cristiano Ronaldo was in the city of Shanghai did not give up the opportunity to meet him and they came to the hotel where Al Nasser is staying and created "real chaos", according to the local media.
They managed to get past the security circle, enter the hotel and shout Cristiano Ronaldo's name, hoping he would come out to them.
Watch hundreds of Chinese fans try to break into the hotel
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According to ESPN, the match between Al Nasser and Inter Miami, which could have been the "last dance" of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi on the same field, is also in doubt due to CR7's injury.
The teams are supposed to meet on February 1st in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, but it is not clear if such a meeting will take place now - although the Saudis will surely settle for 90 minutes in which they will be able to see Messi up close and this is probably also the reason why no decision has yet been made, so as of this writing The game will be held as planned.
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