Barcelona Legends vs DRx World Legends Match

Barcelona Legends beat DRX World Legends 3-0 at Gelora Bung Karno on Saturday, April 18, in a Jakarta exhibition built around retired stars and celebrity appeal. (kompas.com) The match was staged as “Clash of Legends Jakarta 2026” at 7:30 p.m. local time, with tickets sold from Rp300,000 for Category 3 seats to Rp3,500,000 for VIP West and VIP East. (megatix.co.id) Kompas reported the game was played over 2x40 minutes, with goals from Rivaldo, Jonathan Soriano, and Cristian Tello. (kompas.com) This was not the matchup originally advertised. Promoters said Real Madrid Legends were replaced by DRX World Legends, a mixed all-star side led by Ronaldo Nazario and filled with former internationals from Europe and Asia. (detik.com) The replacement team kept many of the recognizable names that drive ticket sales for nostalgia events. Megatix listed David Silva, Alessandro Del Piero, Franck Ribery, Claude Makelele, Fabio Cannavaro, Keisuke Honda, John Arne Riise, and Indonesian former players including Irfan Bachdim and Ismed Sofyan on the DRX roster. (megatix.co.id) Barcelona’s side was also built around familiar names rather than a single title-winning squad. The ticketing page listed Vitor Baia, Sergi Barjuan, Javier Saviola, Cristian Tello, Phillip Cocu, Martin Montoya, Jonathan Soriano, and other former Barcelona players. (megatix.co.id) The event was part of a crowded Gelora Bung Karno weekend calendar in Jakarta, where the stadium complex regularly hosts sports, concerts, and civic events. Disway included the Barcelona Legends-DRX World Legends game in its roundup of April 18-19 activities at GBK. (disway.id) Organizers pitched the night as a mass-attendance spectacle. Megatix said more than 77,000 fans were expected at Indonesia’s largest stadium, underscoring how retired-star exhibitions now function as live entertainment as much as football. (megatix.co.id) Ronaldo, who coached DRX World Legends, said after the match that the Jakarta crowd moved him. Tempo reported that he praised the atmosphere at GBK and thanked Indonesian fans for filling the stadium. (tempo.co) By Sunday, April 19, the result was settled and the sell was clear: a one-night reunion of global names, local former players, and tens of thousands of fans at GBK. (republika.co.id)