The Rothosen are set to play Futbal Club http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 in a mouth-watering friendly to commemorate their 125th anniversary, but maintain that the Ballon d’Or winner must play.
The club comments that they will withhold up to €1.2 million in appearance payments from the La Liga club. This will result if Blaugranes do not honour their agreement to play http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 in the pre-season memorial match between
the two clubs on Tuesday.
The exciting clash between Hamburg and the four-time UEFA Champions League winners is arranged to take place on the 125th anniversary of the Imtech Arena club. Rothosen are former Champions of Europe achieving this feat
in 1982-83 and captured six Bundesliga titles.
The visit of Azulgranas marks a significant event at the German club and the tickets are reported to be sold out weeks before the date of the encounter. This match will further enhance Hamburg’s rich traditions and history.
Moreover, the widespread news are that a clause exists which bounds Messi to participate in the titans clash. If this contract does exist, then Barca will be forced to take the La Liga Golden Boot winner of 2011-12 campaign with
them to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904.
Furthermore, the contract does not imply the inclusion of Spanish National Heroes, Andres Iniesta and Xavi. Both players are coming back from their breaks after creating history by winning the 2012 European Championships.
The German club expects that the UEFA Champions League top scorer should be playing in the highly anticipated match. Messi’s appearance is the highlight of the event, therefore if he does not show up at the Imtech Arena, it will
be met with huge disappointment.
The three-time world player of the year is expected to star the event. Fans in Germany are ecstatic to see him play and he will eventually need to travel with the Blaugrana to their pre-season trip.
"It must be assumed that he plays," die Rothosen CEO Joachim Hilke was quoted as saying in an interview.
The match is to be played on Tuesday and will kick off at 18:00CET. Messi scored 73 goals and provided 29 assists in 60 matches last season. He is also the hot favourite to be crowned FIFA Ballon d’Or for the fourth consecutive
year.
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