The national ice hockey selections of the USA and from Canada They face each other at 10 pm (Brasília time) this Thursday (20) in the final of the face-off tournament in Boston. But the game, which would have already attracted the attention of millions fans on both sides of the border by the old sports rivalry, arrives at a delicate moment in political and commercial relations between the two countries. All because of the most aggressive rhetoric of Donald Trump.
The match can be accompanied in Brazil by the ESPN channels and the Disney+streaming.
Since taking office a month ago, the Republican President has threatened or practiced readjustment of channel tariffs. In addition, he repeated several times, causing astonishment and indignation among the Canadians.
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During the tournament classification phase – which brought together the four strongest selections with NHL Official League players – the two teams faced each other and Montreal and the match released sparks all the time. The game took place on Saturday (15), exactly on Canada National Flag Day. Much of the local audience has been the execution of the American anthem, which generated an extra motivation for the visiting team.
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Since the match timer is frozen with each interruption, no less than three fights among the players were accounted for in just nine seconds. These clashes are allowed by arbitration as long as instruments are not used and helmets are kept. In the end, the quarrels are penalized with 5 minutes in the reserve banks.
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The mood of the first game, which ended with a 3-1 win, has already contaminated the atmosphere for the decision. Report of The Boston Globe It showed that parallel sales sites already showed tickets with the glass, right next to the court, costing between $ 10,000 and $ 11,000 (almost $ 60,000).
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The cheapest pair of tickets available on this Tuesday afternoon was listed at $ 1,000 each ($ 5.7 thousand)-without including fees. This value is equivalent to that practiced in game 1 of the NBA finals last year, between Celtics and Mavericks, in the same TD Garden of today’s game.
Although organizers always demonstrate the sports interest of the confrontation, it is difficult to control the political dispute involved. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was among the more than 20,000 people who watched the game on Saturday and American national team general manager Bill Guerin made an official invitation to Trump to move to Boston and honor the national team. Until Tuesday, he had not yet confirmed the presence.
“We would love if President Trump was present,” Guerin said in an interview with Fox News on Monday. “We have a room full of proud American players, coaches and employees. Listen, we are just trying to represent our country in the best way possible, ”he said.
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This championship has even greater relevance because it is the first international hockey tournament like “best against better” since 2016. NHL players have not been released to the 2018 Olympics in 2022, but will return to games in 2026.
The expectation is that a multitude without tickets will appear to the “Fan Zone” set up around TD Garden. The entertainment district developed around the Arena offers a hotel, restaurants, a food market and NHL product store.
