Maccabi Tel Aviv has officially announced where it will play the match against FCSB at home, in the second preliminary round of the Champions League

FCSB qualified for the second preliminary round of the Champions League, and Maccabi Tel-Aviv announced the arena where the second leg will be played.

Elias Charalambous’s side went through the first preliminary round of the Champions League with Virtus without emotion, 11-1 on aggregate. Next up is the double leg with the Israeli champion, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, a team that cannot play home matches in Israel, so the return leg will take place at the Bozsik Arena stadium in Budapest.

FCSB, close to home away from Maccabi Tel-Aviv

Due to the military conflicts in the Gaza Strip, Maccabi Tel-Aviv cannot play the matches in the European cups in their own country, so the Israelis made the decision to play the return match in Budapest.

The match Maccabi Tel-Aviv – FCSB, on July 30, will take place at Bozsik Arena, the stadium of Honved Budapest. It will be an empty arena for the Romanian fans who will certainly go to support their favorites just a step away from Romania. The stadium chosen by Maccabi Tel-Aviv has only 8,368 seats, almost as many as the number of fans present in Ghencea, on Tuesday evening, for the return match with Virtus.

The stadium that hosts the Romanians’ match from the second preliminary round is relatively new, being inaugurated in 2020. Although it does not have a very large seating capacity, it is a jewel of a stadium named after the legendary Joszef Bozsik, a member of the Hungarian team that reached the final of the 1954 World Cup The Budapest Arena is of UEFA category 4 and is the third most modern stadium in Budapest, after Pușcaș Arena and Groupama Arena.

The new Bozsik Arena in Budapest, the home of Budapest Honvéd FC. It is named after the Honvéd and Hungary great József Bozsik. pic.twitter.com/xVcqcFlVVD

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Who broadcasts the match FCSB – Maccabi Tel-Aviv on TV: the Red-Blues deal an important financial blow

Round match from the second preliminary round of the Champions League will take place at the Ghencea stadium, and FCSB quickly sold the TV rights for the match with Maccabi Tel-Aviv on July 23. PRO TV bought the rights for the FCSB – Maccabi Tel-Aviv match, a double leg with an extremely important stake: access to the third round and automatic qualification in the Conference League groups.

UEFA allows clubs to sell TV rights until the third preliminary round, so FCSB will collect no less than 100,000 euros from PRO TV and another Israeli television station. A day before the match, the future possible opponent of the red-blues will be between APOEL Nicosia, Malmo, Ludogorets, Midtjylland, Sparta Prague and Jagiellonia.