Spanish LaLiga giants Atletico de Madrid have confirmed the array of stars, including Fernando Torres, in what will be his last game ever for the club, that will headline their end of season friendly match against the Nigerian Super Eagles B team, on Tuesday May 22nd, at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
The Europa League champions have released a 20-man squad for the encounter, including head coach Diego Simeone, the list shows the international stars who are due to participate at the 2018 FIFA World Cup have been excluded from the encounter, as they are due to link up with their national teams in order to begin World Cup preparations.
The 20-man squad list includes top names like Atletico Madrid’s first choice keeper, Jan Oblak, veteran striker, Fernando Torres (El Nino), Ghanaian star footballer, Thomas Partey, and club captain, Gabi Fernandez, in what promises to be a truly pulsating encounter.
The match is part of the LaLigaWorld Project which organises friendly matches involving LaLiga teams all over the World.
The match will be broadcast by SuperSport all over Africa, as well as internationally.
In Africa: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, CAR, Chad, Comoros Islands, Congo, DRC, Guinea Equatorial, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Costa de Marfil, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Beyond Africa: beIN Asia, ECLAT Korea, Sport1TV Hungary, COSMOTE TV (Greece), DIGI SLO (Slovakia), FOX ITALY, Digiturk (Turkey), ONE (Israel), ELEVEN (Poland & Belgium), VIASAT (Scandinavia), Telesport Russia, SPORTKLUB, beIN USA, DDMC (China), VSTV, SKY NET, TV Ukraine, and SportMax.
The 20-man Atletico Madrid squad for the Super Eagles friendly reads as follows:
GK - Jan Oblak, Axel Werner
DEF – JuanFran, Sergio González, Francisco Montero, Rafael Muñoz, Andrés Solano
MID – Gabi Fernández ©, Ángel Correa, Víctor ‘Vitolo’ Pérez, Thomas Partey, Roberto Olabe, Juan Aguero Núñez, Antonio Moya, Mikel Carro, Joaquín Muñoz
ST – Fernando Torres, Kevin Gameiro, Borja Garces
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