All You Need To Know About The Superclásico Championship Taking Place In Saudi This Week
The biggest international football teams are currently in Saudi to play a mini-championship over the next two days. If that doesn't show you the Kingdom's undying love for the sport, we don't know what will.
The four-team mini championship will include participants from countries like Saudi, Argentina, Brazil and Iraq.
The Argentinian team arrived on Sunday (Oct 8)
Paulo Dybala, Roberto Pereyra of Watford and Manchester United's Sergio Romero are already in the Kingdom for preparations before today's (Thursday) match.
📷 Pictures from the Argentinian national team training in preparation for the opening match of the #SuperClasico against its Iraqi counterpart. #SuperClasico_in_KSA pic.twitter.com/3rTmqbQQeb
— General Sports Authority (@gsaksa_en) October 10, 2018
The team has been training since Wednesday in preparation for their opening match against Iraq.
The following day (Oct 9), our neighboring Iraqi players were greeted at the Riyadh airport
The Iraqi team arrived at the Riyadh airport on Monday, just a day after the Argentinian team's arrival.
The Brazilian team arrived last on Wednesday
The Brazilian national team delegation arrives to Riyadh to participate in the #SuperClasico_in_KSA . pic.twitter.com/y3H1gFawrU
— General Sports Authority (@gsaksa_en) October 10, 2018
🎥|The Brazilian national team delegation arrives to Riyadh to participate in the #Superclasico.#SuperClasico_in_KSA pic.twitter.com/GNhqZBHEc7
— General Sports Authority (@gsaksa_en) October 10, 2018
Superclásico deets (when and where to watch):
The Superclásico match will take place between October 11-16 and Saudi residents can all watch live. The Argentinian team will go against Iraq on the first day of the championship on October 11 in Riyadh and the former team will compete against Brazil on the last day (16th) in Jeddah.
Tickets to watch live can be purchased on sauditickets.sa
The #SuperClasico schedule#SuperClasico_in_KSA pic.twitter.com/8pVtwE50cm
— General Sports Authority (@gsaksa_en) October 9, 2018
Sergio Romero talks about tonight's match between Argentina and Iraqi
/ Source: lovinsaudi🎥| Sergio Romero talks about tonight's match between Argentina and Iraqi#SuperClasico_in_KSA pic.twitter.com/y5kKAoR64c
— General Sports Authority (@gsaksa_en) October 11, 2018
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