The Argentine national team signed an agreement that will bring them millionaire profits for carrying out their preparatory matches for the Qatar World Cup in Abu Dhabi 550 .
This is an agreement that the Argentine Football Association (AFA) signed in London with the Abu Dhabi Sport Council, after winning the Finalissima match against Italy.
The collaboration agreement aims for Argentina to play its matches in the United Arab Emirates and thus obtain profits for both parties.
It is worth noting that the albiceleste team, led by Lionel Scaloni, will face Mexico, Poland and Saudi Arabia in Group C of the World Cup in Qatar .
The agreement with the Sport Council also stipulates a match between the Cup champion and the Argentine League champion for January 2022. In addition to the Argentine Super Cup in the United Arab Emirates for the next four years.
“After several months of joint work, today a long-term agreement has been consolidated that involves a friendly match of the Argentine National Team and the realization of various sporting events of Argentine Soccer”, indicates the statement published by the AFA.
In this way, the AFA becomes the first soccer federation in Latin America to export sporting events of high global impact to the Middle East.
“We are very happy to announce this strategic and historic agreement for our institution. Being able to transfer sporting events of our football to a destination like Abu Dhabi is important within the international expansion strategy that we intend. This agreement will generate new commercial opportunities for the institutions and for our Association. We welcome the Abu Dhabi Sports Council as a new business partner of AFA. We will work together to make this agreement something transcendent for Argentine soccer and that of Abu Dhabi”, said the president of the AFA, Carlos Tapia.
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