Facing the friendly match of the Argentine team against Curaçao, the authorities of the Santiago stadium reported that they had considerably expanded its capacity.
He Unique Mother of Cities Stadium of Santiago del Estero expanded its capacity 30,000 to 42,000 viewers to welcome the Argentine soccer team on Tuesday 28, who will play a friendly against curacao as part of the celebrations for obtaining the world Cup in Qatar.
It won’t be the first time Lionel Messi and the world champions will play here, since, in the middle of the pandemic of coronaviruson June 3, 2021 they faced the selection of Chili within the framework of playoffs south american to Qatar 2022.
The ex-footballer Jules Marchantcurrent director of the Santiago stadium, confirmed the news to telam: “We begin with the removal of seats in the North, upper and lower sectors, South, also upper and lower, and in the East sector, upper stalls.”
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“The Single Stadium has a capacity, without removing the seats, of about 30,000 people. With the removal of these sectors, there will be a capacity of approximately 42,000 people”said the 43-year-old former midfielder, who played for Boca, Racing, Unión de Santa Fe, Banfield and Chacarita Juniors.
The former player explained that he “he finished removing the seats in their entirety from these sectors” and clarified that after the friendly match of the Argentina “will be placed as they were”.
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“The first time our National Team and Leo Messi visited us it was a pandemic. That time we lacked color, the encouragement of the public in the stadium to be able to receive them as they deserve it”remembered Marchant.
“This will be a nice opportunity, even more so after the World Cup that our National Team won in Qatar”added Marchant.
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Regarding match details in the Mother of Cities Stadiumthe ex-soccer player said that surely there will be some surprise from the organization, with musical shows and light effects.
“We are very happy to have our National Team in the province, it will be a very nice occasion”added Marchant in his talk with telam. “The presence of Argentina will be a beautiful visit not only in sports, but for other sectors such as gastronomy and tourism that will benefit from the event, that makes us happy too”pointed out the ex-soccer player.
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