2023-12-18 20:11:44
In the form of a Final Four, the competition will bring together Naples, Lazio, Fiorentina and Inter Milan in Saudi Arabia.
The Italian Super Cup will take place in January in Saudi Arabia in Riyadh with four teams for the first time, the Italian Football League announced on Monday after its general assembly.
The 2024 edition will take place in the form of a Final Four bringing together the champion (Naples) and the vice-champion of Italy (Lazio) as well as the winner of the Italian Cup (Inter) and the unfortunate finalist (Fiorentina ). The first semi-final between Napoli and Fiorentina is scheduled for January 18 at the Al-Awwal Park stadium where Al-Nassr, Cristiano Ronaldo’s team, plays its home matches.
The second semi-final between Inter and Lazio will take place the next day. The final is scheduled for January 22. The 21st day of the Italian Championship is scheduled for this weekend, without these four teams, three of which will compete in the round of 16 of the Champions League, and will therefore have a busy January and February.
23 million euros in shared bonuses
The principle of this new version of the Italian Super Cup in Saudi Arabia had been decided since March 2023, but the dates of the competition were until the last moment the subject of negotiations between the clubs, the Italian League and the Saudi authorities who host , also in Riyadh, the Spanish Super Cup from January 10 to 14.
When the war between Israel and Hamas was triggered by a bloody and unprecedented attack perpetrated by the Palestinian Islamist movement on October 7 on Israeli soil from the Gaza Strip, Italian club leaders also wanted to cancel the trip in the region, before reconsidering their decision.
The Italian Super Cup was relocated for the first time to Saudi Arabia in 2018, after having been organized in Libya (2002), the United States (2003), China (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015) and Qatar (2014, 2016).
Last season, it was won by Inter 3-0 against AC Milan. According to the Italian press, the four qualified teams will share 23 million euros in bonuses, including seven for the winner.
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