In recent years, rich Arab countries have done everything to organize the world's biggest competitions - Qatar won the organization of the World Cup, Abu Dhabi and Bahrain are already regulars in Formula 1, Saudi Arabia hosted big boxing spectacles...
The call of the petrodollar was not resisted even by the Italians and the Spanish, who moved their co-operators to the Arabian Peninsula.
The Supercup of Italy, after "walks" around Tripoli, New Jersey and China, reached the Arabs for the first time in 2014, when it was held in Doha, where it was held in 2016, and in January it will be held for the third time in Saudi Arabia.
In Spain, a lot of fuss was raised after the information that the Super Cup in Saudi Arabia will be held at least until 2029, and now the richest of the seven emirates in the UAE, Abu Dhabi, has completed an interesting job - it will host the Super Cup of Argentina!
The media reports that the Argentine Football Association (AFA) has signed a four-year contract with Abu Dhabi, and it is possible that the first final in that emirate will be a "superclasico" between Boca and River.
AFA certainly got a lot of money, probably the clubs will also get a part of the "cake", but the question is how much the footballers will enjoy playing after the summer over the "seven mountains and seven seas"...
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