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Barcelona to play Boca Juniors in ‘Maradona Cup’

Barcelona have announced they will plan Boca Juniors in a friendly in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on December 14 in honor of Diego Maradona.

The game between the two sides is being called the ‘Maradona Cup’ and has been arranged to “honour the memory of the great Diego Armando Maradona just over a year after his death.”

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Barça TV+— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) October 25, 2021

Maradona, one of the greatest players to ever grace the game of football, passed away on 25 November 2020 at the age of 60 at his home in Buenos Aires.