On January 26, Beijing time, Riyadh Victory updated social media, ended its trip to China ahead of schedule, and left at Shenzhen Airport today. Next, Riyadh Victory will also have a warm-up match on February 2, the opponent is Miami International, Ronaldo is injured and basically will not play, Messi may play, which is also full of highlights. Judging from the picture of Riyadh triumphantly heading to the airport, Ronaldo is holding coffee in his hand and his expression is very solemn. The postponement of the two matches of the China trip this time is a result that no one expected, and all parties are embarrassed, especially Ronaldo, he likes China very much, and he definitely doesn't want it to end in such a way.
According to the organizers, Ronaldo will play two games in China, Riyadh will win against Shanghai Shenhua and Zhejiang, but due to Ronaldo's injury, the game has no choice but to postpone the game and handle refund procedures for fans. What is puzzling is that if Ronaldo is injured, it should be before the start of the China trip, why did the organizers, Riyadh Victory, and Ronaldo's team not disclose relevant news? Therefore, many fans blame the organizers for the responsibility.
In the author's opinion, there are three possibilities for the postponement of Ronaldo's trip to China. First, Ronaldo is indeed injured, and his plan is not to participate, but Riyadh Victory and the organizers did not disclose the news in advance, for fear that fans will not buy tickets. Second, Ronaldo was dissatisfied with the organizer's behavior, including the arrangement of the dinner and the live broadcast of the goods, and asked Ronaldo to play with an injury, so he decided to withdraw from the game. Thirdly, Riyadh Victory and Ronaldo's team are reluctant to risk Ronaldo on the pitch, but if Ronaldo does not play, the commercial value of the two games will be greatly reduced, so the extension of the agreement between the parties is not a cancellation.
The specifications of Ronaldo's trip to China this time are comparable to Messi leading Argentina to China to participate in the game, which has won the attention of football fans across the country, and Li Jiayue of the women's football team even traveled a long distance to Shenzhen to watch Ronaldo's game, and the postponement of the game is really disappointing. However, Ronaldo will start his trip to China again this summer and participate in the two games originally scheduled. The organizer has also announced that Ronaldo will start his trip to China from August to September, "and reserve the opportunity to watch the game next time, the three of us have suffered too many misunderstandings." Judging from the scene, Riyadh and the organizers are very harmonious, and it seems that they have reached an agreement.
After the game was postponed, Ronaldo also publicly apologized to Chinese fans, according to people familiar with the matter, Ronaldo was very happy during his trip to China, and he had never been so happy. And the Korean media is also sour, thinking that Ronaldo left without apologizing when he went to South Korea, and his attitude towards Chinese fans and Korean fans is completely different.
According to domestic media reports, Ronaldo's appearance fee for participating in the China tour is 11 million US dollars, which is converted into 80 million yuan, and 50,000 tickets need to be sold to recover the cost.