The friendly between two of the teams in which Diego Armando Maradona played will be played at the Mrsool Park stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on December 14.
FC Barcelona and Boca Juniors will play, on December 14, the Maradona Cup, a match with which they intend to pay tribute to the Argentine footballer, on the first anniversary of his death.
The friendly between two of the historic teams in which Diego Armando Maradona played will be played at the Mrsool Park stadium in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), with a capacity for 25,000 spectators.
“It will be the first time that both teams meet in this Middle Eastern country., in a match in which two of the historic clubs in which Maradona played will be measured ”, Barcelona communicated through its website.
The party seeks to recognize the legacy of Fluff, considered one of the best players of all time and who passed away on November 25, 2020.
Diego Maradona wore the Boca Juniors shirt twice: its first stage began in the 1981/1982 season, achieving a 1981 Metropolitan Championship, the only title achieved with the Xeneizes. He then returned for the 1995 season, playing two seasons with which he closed his career as a professional footballer.
Secondly, The fuzz He was also linked to FC Barcelona for two seasons, 1982/83 and 1983/84, during which he played a total of 58 games and won three titles: the King’s Cup, the League Cup and the Spanish Super Cup.
So far, Barça and Boca Juniors have met on ten occasions, the last one at the Camp Nou, in the Joan Gamper Trophy, on August 15, 2018, in a match with a 3-0 win over Barça. (D)
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