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Israel to host French Super Cup soccer match with Messi, Neymar

And Tottenham Hotspur will face Roma at the Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa, part of the I-Tech Cup.

Argentinian football player Lionel Messi at the friendly soccer match between Argentina and Uruguay at the Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv on Nov. 18, 2019. Photo by Flash90.
Argentinian football player Lionel Messi at the friendly soccer match between Argentina and Uruguay at the Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv on Nov. 18, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

The French Super Cup between Paris Saint-Germain FC (PSG) and FC Nantes is scheduled to be held next week at the Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv.

Argentinian soccer star Lionel Messi will arrive with PSG. He last visited Israel in 2019 with the Argentinian national team in a friendly match against Uruguay.

Brazilian PSG star Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, better known as Neymar, will also arrive in Israel for the match.

Meanwhile, Tottenham Hotspur will face Roma in Israel on the evening of July 30 at the Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa. The game is part of the I-Tech Cup, which will feature local technologies.

Tickets are still available for the July 31 game, which starts at 9 p.m.

Neymar with for Paris Saint-Germain, Aug. 4, 2017. Credit: Antoine Dellenbach/Paris via Wikimedia Commons.
Neymar with for Paris Saint-Germain, Aug. 4, 2017. Credit: Antoine Dellenbach/Paris via Wikimedia Commons.

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