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Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will go head to head once again when Inter Miami face Al-Nassr in a pre-season friendly in Saudi Arabia in February.<\/p>\n

Miami, the Major League Soccer side co-owned by David Beckham, have added another fixture to their trip to the country and will take on Ronaldo\u2019s Al-Nassr on February 1 after facing Al-Hilal on January 29, with both matches forming part of the Riyadh Season Cup.<\/p>\n

Messi and Ronaldo have faced each other 35 times over their careers, with Messi winning 16 times and Ronaldo 10.<\/p>\n

The Argentina forward has scored 21 goals in those games, one more than Ronaldo.<\/p>\n

The rivalry between the pair has dominated the global game for the past 15 years and they were the only players to win the Ballon d\u2019Or for a decade between 2008 and 2017.<\/p>\n

Messi currently leads that particular head to head 8-5, having claimed the most recent award in October after leading Argentina to glory at the 2022 World Cup.<\/p>\n

Ronaldo joined Al-Nassr in January, with Messi moving to Miami in July.<\/p>\n

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