Argentine coach
Marcelo Gallardo
is already in
Saudi Arabia
, where on Thursday he will lead the local league's all-star team - led by
Cristiano Ronaldo
- against
Lionel Messi
's Paris Saint -
Germain
.
El Muñeco arrived in
Riyadh
along with his coaching staff and was received by businessman
Turki Al-Sheikh , Saudi minister and owner of the Spanish
LaLiga
club Almería
, the organization reported.
Gallardo was chosen by the organization of the
Riyadh Season Cup
to lead the all-star team, a combination of the most important clubs in Saudi Arabia (
Al Nassr and Al Hilal
) that will face Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappé's PSG next Thursday.
Marcelo Gallardo greets the members of the Saudi league star team.
The former River Plate DT will also meet again with
Gonzalo "Pity" Martínez
and will have the Peruvian
Andrés Carrillo
and members of the Saudi national team available, such as goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Owais, midfielder Mohammed Kano and striker Salem Al-Dawsari. author of one of the goals of the historic victory over Argentina in
Qatar 2022
.
At night, Gallardo had his first face to face with the players to carry out a practice thinking about the team that will stop on the occasion of the duel against the powerful French team.
The Doll greeted the players one by one, including Cristiano Ronaldo, who came to Arab football in recent weeks after a controversial departure from England's Manchester United.
The match will be played on Thursday from 2:00 p.m. in Argentina at the King Fahd International Stadium in the Saudi capital.
Cristiano Ronaldo, in the background, smiles during practice for the Saudi All-Star team.
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