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How did the “Super-Clasico of the Americas” come to be played in the smoggy Chinese capital?
The reason is that a company called ISE, based in Saudi Arabia, arranged these matches. (After Beijing, the teams are flying on to Hong Kong and Singapore.) ISE reportedly paid about $1 million per matchjust to Brazil’s soccer governing body, the CBF, which is more than the CBF would make if the matches were in Rio or Buenos Aires.