Messi vs Ronaldo: a businessman paid an unimaginable amount for a ticket to the match.
Saudi Arabia has organized an auction before the match between the teams of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
On Thursday, January 19, a sparring match will take place between PSG and a team consisting of the best players of Saudi teams - Al Nassra, Cristiano Ronaldo's new club, and Al Hilal. On the eve of the match, Turki al-Sheikh, an advisor to the royal court and head of the Saudi Arabian Entertainment Authority, launched an auction. The main lot was a ticket to the match with VIP privileges.
Mushraf al-Ghamdi, a Saudi businessman and CEO of the AqarOne real estate group, won the ticket by bidding 10 million reais (approximately $2.7 million), L'Equipe reports. The money will go to the Saudi state charity Ehsan. "The Golden Ticket will allow its holder not only to watch the match in the VIP area but also to meet the stars in the locker room after the game.
As a reminder, Messi and Ronaldo will play against each other for the first time since 2020. It is expected that this sparring match may be one of the last opportunities to see football legends in the status of rivals directly on the football field.
