Barcelona vs Boca Juniors: Barcelona face Boca Juniors in Maradona Cup to honour the memory of Diego Armando Maradona

Barcelona vs Boca Juniors: Barcelona face Boca Juniors in Maradona Cup – FC Barcelona and Club Atlético Boca Juniors will meet in the ‘Maradona Cup’ in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh which will take place on 14th December at 10:30 PM IST. Follow live Football updates on InsideSport.IN

The game will take place at the Mrsool Park which holds 25,000 spectators. Barça and Boca are, of course, two of the clubs that enjoyed the services of Maradona, regarded as one of the greatest players ever to grace the game, who passed away on 25th November 2020. The game will be screened both on Barça TV and via the club’s Barça TV+ streaming service.

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Barcelona vs Boca Juniors: Barcelona face Boca Juniors in Maradona Cup to honour the memory of Diego Armando Maradona

Maradona’s first experience in European Football was with FC Barcelona, where he played for two seasons (from 1982 to 1984) and made 58 appearances. In that time he celebrated three titles, the Copa del Rey, the Spanish Super Cup and the now defunct Spanish League Cup.

Maradona played for Boca in the 1981/82 season, winning Metropolitano Championship and earning qualification for the Libertadores Cup. He returned to the club from 1995 to 1997, his final two seasons before retiring as a player.

Barcelona vs Boca Juniors: Barcelona face Boca Juniors in Maradona Cup to honour the memory of Diego Armando Maradona

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Barça and Boca Juniors have met ten times in the past, most recently for the Joan Gamper Trophy in 2018, which Barça won 3-0. This will be the second time the club has played in Saudi Arabia, after the country hosted the Spanish Super Cup in 2020, and which it will be doing again in January 2022.

Barcelona vs Boca Juniors: Barcelona face Boca Juniors in Maradona Cup to honour the memory of Diego Armando Maradona

This will be the first time that both teams face each other in the Middle Eastern country, in a match between two legendary clubs where Maradona once played. The game aims to pay tribute to one of the best players of all time, who passed away on November 25, 2020, leaving a unique legacy in football history.