Soccer stars Lionel Messi and Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior and their team, Paris Saint-Germain played against fellow French team FC Nantes at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv on Sunday night, as part of the French Super Cup, or Trophée des Champions, played annually between the winner of Ligue 1 and the holder of the Coupe de France.
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This is the second consecutive year in which Israel hosts the game in Bloomfield Stadium, which can accommodate some 30,000 fans.
Messi, a seven-time Ballon d'Or winner, opened the scoring and Neymar scored twice, as the two led Paris Saint-Germain to win againt Nantes, 4-0.
In November 2019, Messi made his first visit to the Jewish state, despite a Palestinian protest campaign aimed at preventing his trip.
He arrived with fellow Argentine national players for a friendly game against Uruguay.
Meanwhile, Italian club AS Roma defeated English Premier League's Tottenham Hotspurs 1-0 in an exhibition match on Saturday night at Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa.
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