Maradona Cup: Barcelona vs Boca Juniors: times, TV and how to watch online

All the information you need on how to follow the inaugural Maradona Cup which will be staged in Riyadh between Barcelona and Boca Juniors at Mrsool Park on Tuesday 14 December.

Barcelona have landed in Riyadh with new recruit Dani Alves the main attraction ahead of Tuesday's friendly game against Argentine giants Boca Juniors. The game which will be played at the 25,000 Mrsool Park stadium with the match set to become the first Maradona Cup in honor of Diego Armando Maradona who passed away in 2020.

The Brazilian full-back, who signed for Barça last November, will pull on the blaugrana jersey once again in his second spell back at the Catalan club having being a Camp Nou regular from 2008-2016.

For this friendly game, Xavi Hernandez has called up 28 players: Ter Stegen, Dest, Piqué, Araujo, Sergio Busquets, Riqui Puig, Dembélé, Dani Alves, Demir, Neto, Coutinho, Lenglet, L. De Jong, F. De Jong, Mingueza, Umtiti, Eric García, Iñaki Peña, Nico, Jutglà, Gavi, Balde, Akhomach, Álvaro Sanz, Comas, Mika Mármol, Matheus and Guillem Jaime.

Ez Abde, who scored his first team goal in Sunday's 2-2 draw with Osasuna failed to make the trip to Saudi Arabia due to bureaucratic problems.

Dani Alves and Xavi Hernández are expected to speak to the media before Tuesday's clash against a Boca Juniors side fresh from an Argentine Cup win last week with Boca's Izquierdoz also set to face the press pre-game.

Sources in Argentine expect the "Xeneizes" to start with the following formation: Rossi; Advíncula, Izquierdoz, Rojo y Fabra; Almendra, Campuzano, Ramírez; Cardona; Vázquez & Villa.

What time does the Barcelona-Boca Maradona Cup game kick-off at?

The Maradons Cup game between Barça and Boca will be played at the Mrsool Park stadium, home to Riyadh based Al Nassr on Tuesday 14 December, with kick-off at 18:00 CET/ 12:00 ET / 09:00 PT.

That's 20:00 local time.

Find out what time the Maradona Cup match between Barcelona and Boca Juniors kicks off wherever you are in the world.

Where can I watch the Maradona Cup in the US and UK?

The in-house television outlet for the Catalan club have exclusive global rights for the game available through their subscription package.

United States: Barça TV+

United Kingdom: Barça TV+

The Maradona Cup: live AS USA coverage

You'll also be able to follow live-text coverage of the Maradona Cup right here at AS USA. We'll be building up to the game from about an hour ahead of kick-off, before taking you through the action as it unfolds.

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