Atletico friendly against Juventus in Israel cancelled over security
The pre-season friendly between Spanish side Atletico Madrid
and Italian giants Juventus which was scheduled to take place in Israel this
weekend has been cancelled because of "security" concerns, the two
teams announced on Saturday.
The match was due to take place at the Bloomfield stadium in
Tel Aviv on Sunday but a renewed surge in hostilities in the region prompted
the promoters Comtec Group to call it off.
"Due to the latest developments, the friendly between
Atletico Madrid and Juventus, scheduled in Israel, has been cancelled,"
said Juventus in a statement.
"Due to the current security situation, Comtec Group
announces that the match between Atletico Madrid and Juventus, scheduled for
tomorrow, Sunday 7 August at Bloomfield Stadium, will not be played."
Juventus said later Saturday that the friendly will be
switched to the club's training centre at Continassa and be played Sunday
evening.
Israel hit Gaza with air strikes on Saturday and a
Palestinian militant group retaliated with a barrage of rocket fire, in the
territory's worst escalation of violence since last year.
Juventus start their Serie A campaign with a home tie against
Sassuolo on August 15 while Diego Simeone's Atletico play their La Liga opener
against Getafe the same day.
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