Barcelona Face Boca Juniors in Maradona Cup

2021-10-29 10:08

Barcelona Face Boca Juniors in Maradona Cup

The Maradona Cup was held in Saudi Arabia in memory of Diego Maradona.

JAKARTA -- Barcelona has confirmed that they will compete in the inaugural Maradona Cup against Boca Juniors in December 2021, quoted from Football Espana , Tuesday (26/10).


The Blaugrana indicated their intention to play in the tournament earlier this month, with details of a one-off match commemorating Argentine football legend Diego Maradona. Maradona who had defended Barcelona during his career died a year ago.




The match will take place in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh on December 14 with kick off times to be confirmed next month.

The president of the General Authority of Entertainment of Saudi Arabia and the owner of the Almeria club that competes in the Spanish Segunda Division, Turki Al-Sheikh, are reported to be the actors behind the realization of this match.

This game comes after Barcelona's last Champions League group game, and between league games against Osasuna and Elche, with La Liga's winter break taking effect on 20 December.

Maradona scored an incredible 28 goals in 40 games for Boca in 1981/82 before moving to Barcelona after the 1982 World Cup. He scored 22 goals in 36 league games at Barcelona before joining Napoli in 1984.





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