Champions Trophy: in Tel Aviv, French football as a springboard for Israel’s ambitious sports policy

Just over 95 km separate the Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv from the Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa. This weekend, these two arenas of around 30,000 seats, where modest Ligat Ha’al matches are usually played, will see some of the best players play on their lawns, tested by the humid heat of the Mediterranean summer. of the world. Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son’s Tottenham challenged José Mourinho and Paulo Dybala’s AS Roma in a friendly in Haifa on Saturday. This Sunday, the Champions Trophy between PSG and FC Nantes is played in Tel Aviv.