Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, will witness a new confrontation between Boca and Racing, the two best Argentine teams of 2022. The Argentine Super Cup will take place on Friday, January 20, a tournament between the winner of the Professional Football League and Champions Trophy.

According to an official statement from the Argentine Football Federation, the holding of this match “is intended to be a celebration uniting the two best teams of Argentina in 2022 and the first step for a broader vision of the Argentina-Emirati football exchange.”

The meeting in question will take place at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, majestic inside and outnamed after the Al Ain football manager, part of the Abu Dhabi royal family.

It has a gigantic and modern structure, enclosed by the roof (made by German engineers) which covers a third of the playing field. It is a very comfortable stadium, completed in 2014 with only one and a half years of construction, one of the most modern in the world, with original panels (there are 614 of them) that allow ventilation. At night, these panels are illuminated with LED lights and lend an aura to the space.

Entering the stadium you see them purple, light and dark colored seats. And a meadow that can be seen from above ten peaks. There are 3000 VIP seats and a FIFA press center with facilities and a stage worthy of an event like this. And it has a relatively low capacity, 25,000 spectatorstaking into account that local football does not move many people.

In 2018, River played the Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and experienced a historic nightmare: He became the first Argentinian to lose in the semifinals of this competition. The rival that disappointed Marcelo Gallardo’s team was Al Ain, who after drawing 2-2 in regular time won on penalties (5-4).