The Spanish Barcelona defeated its compatriot Real Madrid in the Clasico of Legends match that brought the two teams together yesterday evening at the Khalifa World Cup Stadium on penalty kicks with a score of 2/4 after the match ended in a positive draw with two goals for each team. The match received great public interest exceeding 30,000 spectators, especially as there were big stars who participated. In the confrontation, the Clasico of Legends between Barcelona and Real Madrid, comes to enhance the status of sports tourism in the State of Qatar and attract more global attention. Barcelona Sorin scored a double in the minute. Eighth, and the Brazilian star Ronaldinho in the 16th minute, while Real Madrid’s goals were scored by Figo in the 58th minute and Duane Kongo in the 63rd minute. After the end of the match, the Barcelona players received the match cup in the presence of His Excellency Mr. Saad bin Ali Al Kharji, President of Qatar Tourism, and Engineer Abdulaziz bin Ali Al Mawlawi, CEO of Visit Qatar. Hashem Jumaa, CEO of Amazing Production Company, which organized the match.
Jassim Al-Mahmoud, Deputy Director of Relations and Communications at Visit Qatar, stressed his happiness for Qatar hosting a special match worth the Clasico of legends of Real Madrid and Barcelona. He said, “We at Visit Qatar are very pleased to host this type of event, and we fully believe in the role of sports in attracting the tourism component in the country.” The match witnessed the presence of a number of children coming from Gaza receiving treatment in Doha at the Khalifa International Stadium to watch the Legends Clasico between Real Madrid and Barcelona, and before the match whistle started, one of the children entered the field with one of Javi Lam, one of the international influencers on the “Tik Tok” application, in a snapshot. Exceptional and wonderful in the world sports capital.