Several legends of the game – including retired stars Sergio Aguero and Ronaldinho – are set to play a friendly at Lionel Messi’s MLS club Inter Miami’s home ground.

The friendly – organised by CONMEBOL – will mark Aguero’s return to the field following his surprise retirement in late 2021 following detection of cardiac arrhythmia, a condition where the heart beats erratically.

The all-star game – featuring legends like Ronaldinho, Javier Zanetti and Gonzalo Higuain – will be played at Miami’s DRV PNK stadium on December 5. In an official announcement, CONMEBOL said (as per GOAL):

The complete list of star names to take part in the game is as follows, as mentioned by CONMEBOL:

Messi will not be a part of the said game but is expected to be in attendance cheering on many of his former international teammates.

Although Sergio Aguero and Lionel Messi never played together in club football, they were international teammates with Argentina for more than a decade, between 2006 and 2021.

The duo played 90 games together – including four for La Albiceleste’s U19 side – and recorded 18 joint goal contributions. Messi assisted Aguero nine times, and the latter returned the favour on an equal number of occasions.

Their last joint goal contribution came in Argentina’s 4-1 win over Bolivia in the quarterfinals of their victorious 2021 Copa America campaign. Sergio Aguero assisted Lionel Messi in the 42nd minute to put the Albiceleste 3-0 ahead.