At the Lusail Stadium, the Argentine team will face Saudi Arabia and Mexico.
Stadium lusailwhich will host the debut of the Argentine national team at the Qatar 2022 World Cup and which will also host the final of the contest, already has an opening date: it will be Friday September 9 with an event that includes a musical show and a meeting between champions of the championships of Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
The stage, with capacity for 80,000 people (the largest of the eight that will be used during the tournament), will host the Lusail Super Cup, in which Al-Hilal, winner of the last three editions of the Saudi Pro League and current monarch of the Asian Champions League and the team he is with will meet. the Egyptian Premier League, which will be defined at the end of August (the bet is the Zamalek Sporting Club in Cairo).
The organization of the event announced that a concert “of a famous singer” will be held after the game, although it did not provide details on the protagonist of the show. Beyond this unknown, it is assumed that the 80,000 tickets that will go on sale for the event in the coming days will be sold out.
The Lusail Stadium is located in a new metropolis under construction 15 kilometers from Doha.
This colosseum, located in a new metropolis, Lusail, under construction 15 kilometers north of Doha, is the latest to be presented by the World Cup organization. He will do it 73 days before the start of the tournament and 74 days before the first match that will be played there: the one that will see the team led by Lionel Scaloni and Saudi Arabia as protagonist on Tuesday 22 November at 7 (Argentine time) for the first appointment of group C.
“This is the last piece of the puzzle. The Lusail Stadium will provide a magnificent setting for this year’s World Cup final, the largest and most prestigious football match on the planet. Fans can look forward to a memorable and welcoming experience when they arrive in Qatar, “said Nasser Al Khater, CEO of the tournament.
The Lusail Stadium will be able to hold 80,000 spectators.
The match against Saudi Arabia will not be the only one that the Argentine team will play in Lusail for the group stage. There they will also face Mexico on Saturday 26 November at 16.00 There will be another match of group C: the one that will face Mexicans and Saudis on Wednesday 30 at 16.00 On that day and at that time, Argentina will clash with Poland at Stadium 974, in the West Bay of Doha.
In addition to these duels, Lusail will host three other first round matches: those that Brazil will play against Serbia (Thursday 24 November at 16:00) and Cameroon (Friday 2 December at 16:00) and the one that will face Uruguay and Portugal. (Monday 28 November at 4 pm). There will also be played the round of 16, one of the quarter-finals, one of the semifinals and the final on Sunday 18 December.
10 World Cup matches will be played at the Lusail Stadium.
The stadium, whose design is inspired by the plays of light and shadow that characterize the fanar lantern, will undergo a major transformation at the end of the World Cup, transforming itself into a space for the community, with schools, shops, bars, sports facilities and health centers. . Most of the 80,000 seats will be dismantled and donated to sporting projects around the world.
Source: Clarin
