Following SportPesa launching in South Africa, the company worked to bring Barcelona to play at the famous FNB stadium.

Barcelona travelled to South Africa to play a friendly with South African champions, Mamelodi Sundowns.

The game saw 90,000 fans travel to the famous FNB stadium to see world class players such as Piqué, Messi and Suárez play against the South African champions.

As part of SportPesa’s ambition to raise the standard of football across Africa, brining Barcelona FC to South Africa to play Mamelodi Sundowns gave local players an opportunity to play against football’s biggest international stars.

Supporting Johannesburg

The match also contributed to increasing economic growth in the region, by hosting a sellout game in one of South Africa’s iconic football locations. All of this work underpins SportPesa’s values of giving back to African sport, community and wider society.

While Mamelodi Sundowns played well to fend off the five-time European Champions, the result was 4-1 to Barcelona FC.