This Friday, the Green Bay Packers will face the Philadelphia Eagles in a historic duel. And for the first time in fifty years, a league game ―corresponding to the first week of the season― will be held on Friday afternoon. The surprises do not end there, since The match will be played in Brazil.
The Neo Chemical Arena Sao Paulo will be the home of the meeting.
Long ago, the National Football League (NFL) ruled that the purpose of holding games outside of the United States is to reach out to fans in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru and, of course, Brazil.
It is expected that tonight they will attend 42 thousand people to the Arena, as tickets were sold out quickly. This is the first of the international matches to be held in the season, the next stops will be England y Germany.
It should be remembered that, during the last season, the Packers fell before the San Francisco 49ers in the Divisional Round, while the Eagles They suffered defeat at the Super Wild Card Weekend, when they lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Friday, September 6th
- Philadelphia Eagles vs Green Bay Packers
- Time: 18:15 (Central Mexico time).
- Transmission: ESPN and Disney+.
