For the second time in the space of a month and a half, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) stars Neymar, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé are in Israel.
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At the beginning of July, they faced fellow French club FC Nantes at Tel Aviv's Bloomfield Stadium for the annual championship match between the title holder of Ligue 1 and the winner of the Coupe de France. The Parisians made short work of the Canaries, winning by a score of 4-0.
The draw for the 2022/2023 UEFA Champions League offered PSG and its host of stars a new ticket to the Holy Land for a match with defending Israeli Premier League champions Maccabi Haifa.
The soccer club from the north of the country is returning to the Champions League after more than a decade.
Maccabi Haifa is playing its second match in the group stage after a first defeat against Benfica in Lisbon, Portugal last week.
The PSG-Maccabi Haifa match sold out in a few hours despite staggering prices: $583 for a place in the upper stand behind the cages, at $5,243 for a place in the VIP area.
The 30,000 seats of the Sammy Ofer stadium, nestled at the foot of Mount Carmel at the entrance to the city, will all be occupied, and the atmosphere promises to be incandescent, Haifa supporters being renowned for their fervor.
They will be able to appreciate the attacking trio of Messi, Neymar and Mbappé. The French striker, Mbappé, was suspended last time round, missing the previous game in Tel Aviv. It will therefore be a first for the PSG star, whose sprints and dribbles should give Maccabi Haifa's defenders a hard time.
But the Parisians will above all have to recover quickly after a grueling journey to Haifa on Tuesday, late in the evening, from Ben Gurion Airport.
They will be able to admire the breathtaking view from the Dan Panorama hotel, where they are staying, over the famous Bah'ai gardens and the bay of Haifa.
The reaction of the Israeli public to Moroccan PSG defender Ashraf Hakimi will be watched. In Tel Aviv, he drew a negative reaction from fans because of a tweet published a few years ago in which he showed his support for the Palestinian cause.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
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At the beginning of July, they faced fellow French club FC Nantes at Tel Aviv's Bloomfield Stadium for the annual championship match between the title holder of Ligue 1 and the winner of the Coupe de France. The Parisians made short work of the Canaries, winning by a score of 4-0.
The draw for the 2022/2023 UEFA Champions League offered PSG and its host of stars a new ticket to the Holy Land for a match with defending Israeli Premier League champions Maccabi Haifa.
The soccer club from the north of the country is returning to the Champions League after more than a decade.
Maccabi Haifa is playing its second match in the group stage after a first defeat against Benfica in Lisbon, Portugal last week.
The PSG-Maccabi Haifa match sold out in a few hours despite staggering prices: $583 for a place in the upper stand behind the cages, at $5,243 for a place in the VIP area.
The 30,000 seats of the Sammy Ofer stadium, nestled at the foot of Mount Carmel at the entrance to the city, will all be occupied, and the atmosphere promises to be incandescent, Haifa supporters being renowned for their fervor.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
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