Watch: Aymeric Laporte's incredible half way line goal against Inter Miami

Aymeric Laporte scored the third goal of the evening

Al Nassr and Inter Miami faced each other in a friendly match in Saudi Arabia. The Riyadh Season Cup match is being played at the Kingdom Arena.

This was a much-awaited meeting between two of the upcoming giants in world football. Inter Miami have travelled to Saudi Arabia to prepare for the upcoming Major League Soccer (MLS) season.

The build-up for this match was around Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Every build-up resulted in a sad ending after Ronaldo was ruled out of the match. Yesterday, Al Nassr’s manager announced that the Portuguese sensation is recovering from injury and won’t feature against Inter Miami.

Today, just before the match started, it was confirmed that Lionel Messi has a slight hamstring issue and will be doubtful to face the Saudi club. The Argentine was not included in the starting 11 and was on the bench.

This highly-anticipated match started without two icons. Al Nassr were the home team and they took full advantage of Messi’s absence.

Ronaldo’s fellow countryman, Otavio, opened the scoring in the third minute. Anderson Talisca scored in the 10th minute and Aymeric Laporte scored the third goal in the 12th minute.

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Aymeric Laporte went on to score a spectacular goal in this match. Otavio won a free-kick inside the defensive half. The Frenchman saw Drake Callender off the line and took his chance by attempting a long-range effort. Callender was beaten and Laporte scored a goal worth remembering.

Watch how the former Manchester City defender was able to beat the opposition goalkeeper with this effort.

شاهد هدف لابورت عالمي من بعيد 😱😱😱😱😱📹- تابع الحساب الأساسي : @NFCStudio1 pic.twitter.com/MDRdMEkEkk

— تغطية لمباريات النصر V (@xx76668329) February 1, 2024

Here is another angle of Laporte’s spectacular strike against Inter Miami.

هدف لابورت بشكل اوضح 💛 pic.twitter.com/3dr80yMAqr

— كورة | Alnassr 📽️ (@BLLvid) February 1, 2024

Al Nassr are heading to a comfortable win. Inter Miami, on the other hand, are heading to back-to-back losses in Saudi Arabia.

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