Eleven Sports Confirmed As Host Broadcaster for LaLiga Legends Match

ELEVEN SPORTS has been confirmed as the host broadcaster for a LaLiga Legends match between former stars of the Spanish league and the Polish national team.

The match, which was initiated by ELEVEN and will be co-organised in partnership with LaLiga and Legia Warsaw, will be held at Legia Warsaw’s Marshal J. Piłsudski City Stadium on Friday 9 June 2017. It is the first time that a LaLiga Legends match will be held in Europe.

ELEVEN SPORTS subscribers in Poland have a front row seat to the action which will include former stars from some of the greatest Spanish clubs such as Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Valencia CF. Players already confirmed to take part include former Real Madrid Galactico’s Fernando Morientes, Christian Karembeu and Míchel Salgado; Gaizka Mendieta of Valencia CF and FC Barcelona and Gianluca Zambrotta of FC Barcelona. Other players include Joan Capdevila, Fernando Sanz, David Albelda.

LaLiga Legends team will face a squad of former Polish internationals including the former Real Madrid and Liverpool keeper Jerzy Dudek with more names to be announced soon.

"We are delighted that ELEVEN SPORTS will organise and be the host broadcaster for what will be a thrilling football exhibition. This is an important and very exciting way of building relations with fans, which breaks out of the traditional broadcaster-viewer relationship", said Danny Menken, Managing Director, ELEVEN SPORTS. "During the last two seasons we have delivered thrilling live and exclusive coverage of LaLiga including local language commentary from the best commentators and pundits and in-depth, pre and post-match studio and in-stadium analysis – providing fans with broad interactive coverage and incredible insight into the biggest live games. We are delighted to be able to expand this offer with LaLiga Legends match."

"We are very pleased to be able to play this game against the League Legends of Poland. We're convinced it will be a success and that the public will enjoy watching LaLiga Legends," said former Real Madrid player, Fernando Sanz. "We’ve played other games around the world and we have always received a marvellous reception. It’s a pleasure for us to go to Warsaw and to be close to the Polish fans. Among the players who make up the LaLiga Legends team there are European champions, World champions, and LaLiga champions. It’s an honour and an enormous responsibility for us to represent the best football league in the world!"

ELEVEN SPORTS has helped to significantly increase the exposure of LaLiga in Poland airing 8 games LIVE per matchday across the last two seasons. The passion and excitement surrounding the Spanish league in Poland is evident with a record number of almost 500,000 viewers tuning in to Sunday’s spectacular El Clásico clash.

In Poland, Eleven, Eleven Sports and Eleven Extra are available on satellite platforms and cable networks, including operators such as nc+, Cyfrowy Polsat, UPC, Vectra, Multimedia Polska, Orange, INEA, TOYA, Netia, Promax, as well as through several dozen local cable television providers. The channels are also available through the ELEVEN SPORTS app on the elevensports.pl website, on Android and iOS mobile devices, as well as on selected Samsung Smart TVs with the Tizen operating system.

For more information, please contact:

Rob Fawdon

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Email: media@elevensportsnetwork.com

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