Ronaldo vs Kaka – Two balloon d’Or and Fifa World Cup winners are confronted with Esports World Cup 2025

Football fever grabbed Esports World Cup 2025 as two Ballon d’Or and Fifa World Cup winners, Kaka and Ronaldo Nazario, played EA Sports FC in an exhibition match in Riyad on Sunday.

The best-of-three match started with a classic game, which Kaka won 3-2 before he stamped his authority in the Mystery Ball mode and won it 11-6.

Ronaldo tried to make a comeback in the last game, in survival mode, but his former teammate of Brazil remained the better player and won the game 3-2.

«I had a great time at the Esports World Cup Showmatch in Saudi Aarabia! It was an incredible experience, and I am so happy that I had to share it with Ronaldo. All those hours of training with Luca (Kaka’s son) certainly paid off,» Kaka wrote on social media.

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Ronaldo took the result in a good spirit and even said he will try to arrange scores in a different title next time: Call of Duty.

«The next time, next year, we will play Warzone,» he said with a smile.

Ronaldo and Kaka were part of the World Cup team of Brazil 2002 and also played under Carlo Ancelotti in AC Milan.

While Kaka spent most of his club career in Milan, Ronaldo played for both rivals in Italy, Internazionale and AC Milan, also with Real Madrid, Barcelona, PSV Eindhoven and Corinthians.

Ronaldo is one of the 10 players who wins the Ballon d’Or more than once – 1997, 2002 – while in 2007 Kaka is the last Brazilian to lift the Golden Ball.