Lionel Messi, Barcelona player, arrived in Israel with Argentina, to meet Uruguay and Luis Suarez during a friendly match tomorrow, Monday.
A live broadcast on the Internet showed the moment the Argentine team arrived at Ben-Gurion Airport, near Tel Aviv, without speaking to the photographers.
Messi visited Israel in 2013, when the Barcelona team took a training break, and the team arrived in a so-called “peace trip” with children from Palestine and Israel.
A friendly match between Argentina and Israel was canceled last year, just before the World Cup in Russia.
This year, Argentina and Uruguay were also under pressure from the boycott movement, divestment and sanctions against Israel.
Argentina had beaten Brazil by a goal during a friendly match in Saudi Arabia on Friday, with Messi achieving the winning goal from a penalty kick.
During the past two days, there were doubts about the establishment of the match between the escalation between Israel and Islamic Jihad in Gaza, where Fell Hundreds of rockets into Israel, including Tel Aviv.
WATCH! Leo Messi has landed in Israel ?? with the Argentina National Team ahead of their friendly on Monday night against Uruguay! pic.twitter.com/xAmDGQu1wj
– Israel Sports Rabbi (@thesportsrabbi) November 17, 2019
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