Can Ronaldo-led Al Nassr assault PSG in a pre-season friendly?

This Tuesday, the Ligue 1 Champions PSG and Saudi's one of the best clubs Al-Nassr will measure forces in a friendly match for the second time in less than a year. This time, the event will take place in Nagai, Japan, as both teams are touring Asia, thus repeating the duel between Keylor Navas and Cristiano Ronaldo, multi-champions with Real Madrid.

But without Lionel Messi, now at Inter Miami of the MLS, nor Kylian Mbappé, who was sidelined for not renewing his contract and would analyze leaving as a free player in July 2024, without leaving the club any money. Al-Hilal offered €300 million, but the French striker would have an agreement to join the Merengues.

The friendly between PSG and Al-Nassr will take place on, Tuesday, July 25, at 03:50 PM IST, at the Yanmar Stadium in Nagai. Those led by Luis Enrique have just beaten Le Havre 2-0 with goals from Hugo Ekitike and Mbappé. But shortly first half what happened with Keylor Navas, who came on in the second half to replace Alexandre Letellier and was replaced minutes later by the French goalkeeper. After this warm-up, PSG will collide with Cerezo Osaka, Inter Milan and Jeonbuk FC before receiving Lorient for the first date of Ligue 1 2023-24. While Al-Nassr has one game left with Inter before his debut in the Arab Champions Cup against Al-Shabab of Saudi Arabia.

However, those led by Cristiano Ronaldo are not having a good preseason. Although they beat the Portuguese squads of Alverca (2-1) and Farense (5-1), they did not measure up against important rivals: Celta de Vigo thrashed them 5-0 and Benfica won 4-1.

The Yellow Submarine led by Ronaldo does not doubt the triumph of the nominal hosts of the field. PSG is in great shape, despite the serious changes in the squad. The Saudi side will try to avoid another defeat, but with such an opponent it will be difficult to impose a struggle. We say PSG to beat Al Nassr by 3-0.

Probable Playing XI:

PSG Predicted XI:
Donnarumma; Hakimi, Skriniar, Marquinhos, Hernandez; Verratti, Vitinha, Ugarte; Kang-in, Asensio, Neymar

Al-Nassr's Predicted XI:
Al-Aqidi; Konan, Oujami, Al-Amri, Telles; Brozovic, Fofana, K Al Ghannam, Talisca; Ronaldo, Ghareeb