Tantalizingly dubbed 鈥淭he Last Dance,鈥� the highly anticipated clash between Cristiano Ronaldo鈥檚 Al-Nassr and Lionel Messi鈥檚 Inter Miami left many Saudi fans of the two great rivals 鈥� some whom paid up to $11,000 for tickets 鈥� underwhelmed despite a comprehensive 6-0 win for the Riyadh club.

While local fans will no doubt have enjoyed the victory as their team prepare to get back into Roshn Saudi League action, there was an inescapable feeling of disappointment after Ronaldo missed the match through injury, while Messi only took part in the closing minutes after initial reports that he had been excluded from the Major League Soccer team鈥檚 match-day squad.

Al-Nassr鈥檚 goals came from a hat-trick by Anderson Talisca and strikes by Otavio, Aymeric Laporte and Mohammed Marran, as Ronaldo was caught on camera celebrating and smiling to himself in the stands.

On social media, many fans voiced their displeasure at the absence of the two star attractions, some wondering if the Argentine World Cup winner was intentionally held back by his club.

鈥淲as Messi prevented from participating with his team except for three minutes? Question in good faith,鈥� one commenter on X speculated.

Another responded: 鈥淢aybe he was told that as long as Ronaldo doesn鈥檛 play, you won鈥檛 have to play until the end.鈥�

One Al-Hilal supporter said Messi鈥檚 absence showed a 鈥渓ack of respect for the fans.鈥�

Another Al-Hilal fan gloated that while his team had beaten a strong Inter Miami 4-3 in the American team鈥檚 first outing in 萝莉视频, Al-Nassr were left celebrating a win against 鈥渢he reserves.鈥�

An angry fan summed up the feeling of many with a post stating: 鈥淔rankly, it鈥檚 a prank to announce with posters that Messi and Ronaldo will be playing, but in the end, after reservations, expenses, and vacation time, we get a second-tier match with teams without stars.鈥�