NYON, Switzerland (AP) — European champion Italy and Copa America winner Argentina will play each other in London on June 1, UEFA and CONMEBOL said Wednesday.
No venue was announced for the “Finalissima” — the first of three inter-continental championships that the two soccer bodies have agreed to stage.
Italy won the European Championship in July. The match was played at Wembley Stadium in London, where there was some of the
When the inter-continental
UEFA and CONMEBOL are building closer ties as they have teamed up to oppose FIFA’s push to stage the men’s World Cup every two years, instead of every four years. They have opened an office together in London, to be formally inaugurated early in the new year.
Their formal working agreement, first signed nearly two years ago, has now been extended through June 2028.
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