Barcelona, Real Madrid announce legends ‘El Clasico’ in Israel amid backlash

FC Barcelona and Actual Madrid CF have introduced that they are going to be collectively staging a “Legends Clasico” match in Israel on July 20. The match is predicted to herald a stellar mixture of gamers for each the Barcelona Legends and the Actual Madrid Leyendas. Nonetheless, some followers will not be pleased with the choice to carry the occasion at Israel’s Bloomfield Stadium as a result of ongoing spiritual and socio-political battle within the space.

The Bloomfield Stadium is predicted to obtain as much as 30,000 followers to witness the historic match, however many supporters are already calling for a boycott of the occasion. Of their Fb web page, the official Actual Madrid Fan Affiliation in Jordan launched the next statement:

“Official Actual Madrid Fan Affiliation – Jordan broadcasts its boycott of Actual Madrid legends match in opposition to Barcelona legends that will likely be held within the Occupied Palestinian Territories on the finish of this month.”

They went on to talk about the continued battle within the space. “The affiliation additionally affirms its agency place by adhering to the values of Islam and the rejection of the existence of the occupation and all its actions in any respect ranges, whether or not sport, social, political or financial.”

The protest is being supported by the fan associations in different Islamic states within the space, and it stays to be seen if the Spanish giants will hearken to the issues that had been raised.

Actual Madrid and Barcelona sometimes maintain charity matches in the course of the low season yearly, and this can be a important step in the direction of returning to regular after the earlier summer season was disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Barcelona Legends crew will likely be coached by Chapi Ferrer, and in line with the squad checklist that was launched, huge names resembling Ronaldinho, Rivaldo and Deco will likely be suiting up.

In the meantime, Actual Madrid Leyendas haven’t launched their line-up but, however up to now, excessive profile legends resembling Ronaldo, Luis Figo, David Beckham, Fernando Hierro and Raul Gonzalez have taken half.

It should undoubtedly be a nostalgic night, however one which will likely be blanketed in spiritual and political pressure.