Botafogo will play a friendly match in December against Crystal Palace in England

a Botafogo It was announced, Thursday, an international friendly match. On December 3rd, the . team appeared Alfinegro He will travel to London, England, to face Crystal Palace, at Selhurst Park. The two teams play in the middle of the World Cup, where they are directed by American John Textor.

The club seeks to resume the tradition of conducting international tours, with a focus on “experiencing high-level competitions in Europe and the United States”. John Textor, owner of the SAF that runs Botafogo, spoke about the event.

“I am so grateful to our partners at Crystal Palace for giving us the opportunity to share a little bit of Brazil with football fans in the UK,” he commented.

“Palace fans have been very kind to watch Botafogo rebuild in Brazil and it would be great for our players and staff to get to know them up close. Veteran Botafogo players will be able to play against old friends again, while our younger players will have a chance to show off their skills as they train in the Crystal Palace Academy and play at Selhurst Park. We couldn’t be more grateful for the collaboration.”

In addition to the English team and Botafogo, John Textor runs Lyon from France and RWD Molenbeek from Belgium.

One of the veteran athletes who will live through a phase of his career is the Marsal team, albeit in a new scenario. And before concluding with Botafogo, the player was at Wolverhampton, also from England. He even faced Crystal Palace once, in March 2022, and his team lost 2-0, but the match was held at Molino, Wolves Stadium, and not at Selhurst Park.

Crystal Palace will provide its youth facilities for Glorioso training in the days leading up to the friendly match.

a program

With the friendly scheduled for the beginning of December, Botafogo has already decided his schedule. After the Brasileirão tournament ends, on November 13, the cast will conduct two additional training sessions, on the 14th and 15th. After that, there will be a break between the 16th and 20th.

On the twenty-first, the players represent themselves, and in London they will train with an emphasis on the third, after which they return to Brazil and take a vacation. No further information about the flight and game broadcast has been released yet.

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