Recently, news regarding China's international match day schedule has been released, with the Football Association officially announcing that two matches for the national soccer team will be held on June 16th and June 20th. The two matches will be against Myanmar and Palestine, and the venue is scheduled to be the Barracuda Bay Stadium in Dalian. The start times of the matches have not yet been determined, but weekday matches are basically scheduled for prime time in the evening. The strength and standard of the two opponents is somewhat disappointing, which is a far cry from the rumored World Cup winners Argentina.
Although the national football team's opponent is not Argentina, but Argentina and Messi will still play in China, fans do not have to question, has been officially announced by the Football Association. According to the official news of the Beijing Football Association (BFA), with the approval of the relevant departments, the BFA agreed that the Argentine national team and the Australian national team will come to Beijing to play. The specific time of the match is 20:00 on the evening of June 15, and the venue of the match is Workers Stadium. This is the first time since 2020 that Beijing and even China will host a FIFA A-level friendly match.
The match was nominally an Asian event for Argentina, an international soccer invitational tournament at the Workers Stadium in Beijing. The organizer of the match was the enterprise of Hongqiao International, and also Argentina and Australia were the two teams invited by this enterprise. This match is not organized by the CFA or the Beijing Football Association, it is also a commercial invitational match. I'm sure the appearance fee won't be too low because I can invite Argentina and Messi. However, since it is a commercial venture, I believe this match will be steadily profitable through promotional income such as gate receipts.
The match between Argentina and Australia on June 15 at 20:00 is Argentina's first away match since winning the World Cup in Qatar. The first overseas match was arranged in China. It can be seen that the World Cup winner attaches great importance to the domestic fan market, and Messi has repeatedly followed the team or participated in domestic matches and activities in his personal name. It can be seen that both Argentina and Messi are very popular in China. This match between Argentina and Australia can be called a re-run of the Qatar World Cup knockout round and will surely attract a large number of fans to watch the match. More than 60,000 would be fine if WorkSports opens up all the seats.
Although we didn't get to play against the national soccer team, it was fascinating to stage a World Cup knockout match. Hopefully this event will also give Argentina a taste of the Chinese soccer atmosphere and the passion of Chinese fans. Now everything is ready, just need to fully release tickets, fans can't wait for this moment.
