Barcelona will tackle Mexican giants Membership América in a pleasant match at Dallas’ Cotton Bowl on Dec. 21, the LaLiga club announced Friday.
The sport can be Barcelona’s final earlier than their winter break and is scheduled simply sooner or later after they’re set to host Almería in LaLiga motion.
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It will likely be solely the second time that Barcelona have performed a pleasant through the December window. On Dec. 14, 2021, the membership traveled to Saudi Arabia to play Boca Juniors as a posthumous tribute to Diego Maradona.
Sources informed ESPN final month {that a} proposed pleasant within the U.S. was underneath analysis by the teaching employees for both Dec. 21 or 22. Coach Xavi Hernandez was amenable to these dates as he’s acutely aware of the membership’s want to herald income, sources mentioned.
The match can be Barcelona’s second go to to the 90,000-capacity Cotton Bowl stadium. They performed Juventus in a pleasant there in the summertime of 2022.
Barcelona mentioned proceeds from the sport can be used to boost funds for the victims of Hurricane Otis that struck Acapulco final month, killing at the very least 48 folks.
América, who function former Barça midfielder Jonathan dos Santos, have gained extra Liga MX titles than another membership. They’ve already secured first place within the 2023 Apertura standings forward of the playoffs starting later this month.
Data from ESPN’s Jordi Blanco was used on this report.
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