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Manchester Metropolis FC introduced that it’s going to face Metropolis Soccer Group (CFG) sister membership Palermo FC in a pre-season pleasant to contest the inaugural Anglo Palermitan Trophy.
The pleasant match, happening on the Renzo Barbera Stadium on Saturday 9 August, will present Pep Guardiola’s facet with nice preparation as they put together for the beginning of the 2025/26 Premier League season.
From the presser:
Palermo turned the eleventh member of CFG in 2022 and opened their very own Metropolis Soccer Academy simply two years later. The historic Sicilian membership will turn into the fourth CFG facet that the Manchester Metropolis males’s first group have confronted on the pitch, following earlier pleasant matches with Melbourne Metropolis FC, Yokohama F. Marinos and Girona FC.
Metropolis have been invited to take part in a key milestone of anniversary celebrations for Palermo, who this season rejoice 125 years since their inception because the Anglo Palermitan Athletic & Soccer Membership. The Anglo Palermitan Trophy commemorates the Sicilian membership’s maiden fixture in opposition to a group of British sailors in 1900.
It is going to be Palermo’s new head coach and Italian World Cup winner Filippo Inzaghi, first time in cost as he debuts right here.
A enjoyable match.
