2023-05-22 07:46:03
Three years after the last international football match in China, Lionel Messi and his world champion teammates will play a friendly match there in June, against the Australians.
Lionel Messi and the world champion team of Argentina will play a friendly match in June in Beijing against Australia, the South American country said on Monday.
The meeting will mark the great return of international football in China after three years of strict health restrictions which have emptied the stadiums and led to a cascade of cancellations of sports competitions.
«On June 15, Lionel Messi will lead the Argentina national team in a friendly match against Australia in Beijing“said the Argentine Embassy in a message posted on the Weibo social network.
The shock will be a rematch of the round of 16 of the World Cup organized in Qatar at the end of 2022, where the Albiceleste won 2-1 against the Socceroos.
«It’s been 15 years since our men’s national team played in China and we’re really excited to be back against Argentina at the newly renovated Workers’ Stadium in Beijing.“, said James Johnson, the boss of the Australian federation.
Like elsewhere in the world, Lionel Messi enjoys immense popularity in China.
The Argentina national team also announced another friendly match, against Indonesia in Jakarta on June 19, as part of an Asian tour.
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