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Sweden to host Barça and Man Utd in friendly

Manchester United will play Barcelona in a pre-season friendly in Gothenburg on August 8th, the Premier League giants confirmed Thursday.

Sweden to host Barça and Man Utd in friendly

United, beaten 3-1 by Barca in the 2011 Champions League final, will face the Catalans as part of a busy pre-season schedule which includes matches in Norway, South Africa and China.

“Manchester United against Barcelona is one of the top fixtures in world football and we are delighted to work with GotEvent to bring this match to the beautiful city of Gothenburg,” said United chief executive David Gill.

“We have a large following throughout Scandinavia and it’s great that this match will form part of our preparations for the new season,” he added.

The match will be played at the Ullevi stadium, and marks the first time the Manchester side have played in Gothenburg since 1994 – and will be their second time in the west Sweden city under Sir Alex Ferguson’s time as manager.

The official Barcelona website points out that the friendly will be a replay of the Champions League finals between Manchester United and Barcelona in 2009 and 2011, and no doubt aim for similar results.

“The finals in Rome and London bring back good memories for Barcelonistas seeing that these were the venues that saw Barca claim the third and fourth Champions League titles in the history of the Club,” the team wrote wrote.

Tickets will be released via Ticnet on Tuesday, July 3rd at 9am.

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RACISM

VIDEO: Spain’s La Liga reviews video of boy racially abusing Vinicius

Spain's La Liga on Monday said it was reviewing a video of a child making racist insults towards Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior during the 2-2 draw with Valencia at the weekend.

VIDEO: Spain's La Liga reviews video of boy racially abusing Vinicius

“We’re in the process of studying and analysing the facts from a legal standpoint to see what we can and should do,” La Liga sources said.

In a video published by a journalist for ESPN Brasil, and picked up by Spanish media, a boy sitting in a woman’s lap can be heard calling Vinicius a “monkey”.

https://twitter.com/GravesenFumado/status/1764242481984491822

The Brazilian scored twice for Madrid as his team recovered from two goals down at Mestalla on Saturday.

Vinicius raised his fist in a “Black Power” salute after the first of his two goals at a ground where he was racially abused last season. Valencia subsequently banned three people from the stadium for life.

The 23-year-old has become a symbol of the fight against discrimination in Spanish football after suffering racist abuse on many occasions, and he was jeered repeatedly by home supporters on Saturday.

Jude Bellingham was sent off after the final whistle against Valencia for protesting after the referee blew the final whistle right before the England midfielder headed home what he thought was the winning goal.

READ ALSO: Football star Vinicius highlights racist behaviour from Spanish fans

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