The friendly match that he was going to face this Sunday at the Bloomfield stadium in Tel Aviv against Atlético de Madrid and Juventus in Turin was suspended in that place due to the escalation of violence between Israel and the Islamic Jihad in Gaza in the last hours, announced this Saturday, the Spanish club.
Hours later, it was announced that the match was rescheduled for Sunday in Turin at the Juventus training centre.
Juventus and Atlético de Madrid tell that the friendship between both teams that was going to take place in Israel this Sunday, August 7 at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv has been cancelled," Atlético said in a statement.
Israel continued to attack the Gaza Strip on Saturday, where the Islamic Jihad organization responded with rocket fire, in the most severe escalation of violence in the Palestinian enclave since the May war.
In addition, the Israeli army declared this Saturday that it expects its operation to last "a week" in the Gaza Strip.
The pupils of Argentine coach Diego Simeone, who beat Cadiz 4-1 in the Ramón Carranza Trophy on Thursday, will play their last pre-season game against Juventus on Sunday, before the start of LaLiga against Getafe at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, on Monday, August 15. AFP
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