The French Champions Trophy match between the Ligue 1 champion and the French Cup holder will be played in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Aug. 1.

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Bloomfield Stadium will stage the season-opening match after a deal with Israeli event organizer Comtec Group, the French football league said in a statement on Thursday.

Comtec was behind Barcelona's visit to the region in 2013, and played a role in organizing the start of the 2018 Giro d'Italia in Jerusalem.

The inaugural Champions Trophy was in 1995 and moved abroad in 2009 when Bordeaux defeated Guingamp in Montreal. It returned to France this year because the 2020 match was played in January in the northern city of Lens after being postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Mathieu Ficot, the league deputy general director, said international development was a priority, especially in the Middle East.

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The section where the teen was seated was located at Gate 8 and includes some 5,300 seats.

The teen, a student at Brenner Regional High School at Kibbutz Brenner, outside Rehovot, worked at the Red Pirate costume shop in Or Yehuda, where he apparently caught the virus from the shop manager, who returned to Israel from Italy.

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The Health Ministry issued a bulletin about the development which said: "The patient is a teenager from Irus [near Ness Ziona] who is a student at the Brenner regional high school and who worked at the Red Pirate store in Or Yehuda. The patient has been under quarantine at home since Saturday, Feb. 29."

According to the ministry, since he was exposed to the virus, the teen was at work at the Red Pirate from Feb. 23-26 from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. and at school from Feb. 24-26. He was at Bloomfield Stadium for the Feb. 24 match from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer club put out a statement in response to the ministry's findings: "After the Health Ministry's announcement about the patient who was at the Feb. 24 derby, the club has begun looking into the matter and working with the Health Ministry, the league administration, and the company in charge of sports venues to determine its ramifications. The moment we have a clear picture and more information, we will provide updates."

On Wednesday, Brenner High School reported that it had sent some 1,000 students to quarantine.

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