The blaugrana will face Boca Juniors once again
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FC Barcelona and Boca Juniors announced that they will play the ‘Maradona Cup’ in honor of Argentine soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona. This decision by the board of both clubs seeks to pay tribute to the first anniversary of his death and will be held on December 14 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The information was provided through a statement by the Spanish team, in which they detailed that the match will be played specifically at the Mrsool Park stadium, with a capacity for 25,000 spectators.
This will be the first time that both teams meet in said Middle Eastern nation, serving as a tribute to Maradona, who played for both clubs during his successful sports career and passed away on November 25, 2020.
“El Pelusa wore the xeneizes colors on two occasions, having a first stage in the 1981/82 season when the team won the Metropolitan Championship and on his return for 1995, playing two seasons with which he ended his career as a professional. .
For his part, Maradona had his international awakening at Barcelona during the 1982/83 and 1983/84 seasons, in which he played a total of 58 games and won three titles: the King’s Cup, the League Cup and the Spanish Super Cup. .
As for the clubs, this will be the eleventh time that they have played each other sportingly, the last of these being on the occasion of the Joan Gamper Trophy in Barcelona, in 2018, in a match that ended with the Blaugrana’s victory.
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