LONDON
Turkish soccer team Galatasaray is going to join Emirates Cup in August.
Galatasaray, Champion of Turkcell Super League Season, will attend the preparation tournament of Emirates Cup before the season starts, along with Portuguese F.C. Porto team and Italian S.S.C Napoli team, organized in London between 3-4th August, Arsenal's official website noted.
In the first day of the tournament, Galatasaray will play against F.C Porto at 14.00 hours (local time) and Arsenal will face S.C.C Napoli at 16.20 hours. On Sunday, Napoli-Porto game will begin at 14.00 hours and Arsenal-Galatasaray will play at 16.20 hours. Teams will get 3 points for each win, and 1 point for a draw and one point for further each goal. After the match of Galatasaray and Arsenal, the winner will be presented the cup with a ceremony.
The tournament is organized since 2007 in the Emirates Stadium, which has a capacity of 60 thousand. Arsenal in 2007, 2009 and 2010, Hamburg in 2008 and New York Red Bulls team in 2011 were the winners of the cup, which could not take place last year because of the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
