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Angola is selling tickets for the match against strengthened Argentina
Lionel Messi
at a fairly affordable price.
The Angola vs Argentina duel took place at the 11 November Stadium, Friday (14/11) local time.The match is a celebration of Angola’s independence day which falls on November 11.
To bring in Messi and Argentina, Angola spent up to USD 12 million or the equivalent of IDR 200.5 billion, according to reports
beIN Sports
based on the Mundodeportivo report.
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However, in the report it was stated that the Argentine Football Association (AFA) claimed that they only received USD 7 million after tax deductions.
Even so, this value is very large to bring a World Cup winning team with Lionel Messi in it.
The huge costs incurred by Angola to bring in Messi and La Albiceleste were paid off by filling up the 11 November Stadium with a capacity of 50,000 seats.
The organizing committee provides an affordable entry ticket price for the public and football fans, namely only USD 1 or around Rp. 16,700.
This match absolutely belongs to Argentina.However, Lionel Scaloni’s team was only able to score a goal before the end of the first half through Lautaro Martinez in the 43rd minute and Lionel Messi’s goal in the 82nd minute.
With this goal, Messi added to his personal record, making Angola the 39th country he has ever scored against along with Argentina.In addition, the goal was the first scored by Messi in Africa, according to
Brand
.
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