Match between Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappé skips: irate fans

Disappointment among fans who flocked to watch the friendly match between PSG and Al-Nassr

It was supposed to be a celebration of soccer, instead it turned out to be a rather drab friendly, lacking one of the two main protagonists announced, so much so that it irritated the local public: it was staged on Tuesday, in fact, the friendly between Paris Saint-Germain and Al-Nassr, but if the vice-champions of Arabia regularly fielded Cristiano Ronaldo, the Ligue 1 holders, on the other hand, did not give the fans who flocked to the Osaka stadium the presence of Kylian Mbappé, currently out of the squad due to market-related affairs.

The match, for the record, ended 0-0: according to reports by ‘RMC Sport,’ the fans who filled the Nagai Stadium (a facility of over 47,000 seats) confidently rumbled as the lineups were read and the two teams entered the field precisely because of the absence of the French talent, engaged in a long tug-of-war with the club. The French portal reports testimonies from local supporters who said they were “robbed of the ticket price” and called the situation “scandalous.”

Meanwhile, the soap opera between the club in the French capital and the 2018 world champion continues: in the window is Real Madrid, which must, however, beware of arch-rivals Barcelona. The Blaugrana, in fact, have scheduled a telephone meeting with the Parisians to engage in negotiations to get to Mbappé, including several players in the deal, since they do not have the financial means to complete such an operation. In the background, English bigwigs such as Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham also remain interested.

On the other hand, there will be no move to Saudi Arabia: Mbappé reportedly rejected Al-Hilal’s maxi-offer, having as his goal to lift the Champions League to the sky.