Clash of Legends esports showcase in Jakarta

Jakarta’s “Clash of Legends” on Saturday was a football nostalgia show, not an esports event, with Barça Legends facing DRX World Legends at Gelora Bung Karno. (koran-jakarta.com) Koran Jakarta listed the match as part of the city’s April 18–19, 2026 weekend lineup and placed it at Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno in Central Jakarta on April 18. (koran-jakarta.com) Ticket seller Megatix scheduled kickoff for 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, and listed prices from Rp300,000 for Category 3 seats to Rp3,500,000 for VIP West and VIP East. (megatix.co.id) The event was first promoted in January as a Real Madrid Legends vs. Barça Legends exhibition tied to Jakarta’s 500th anniversary celebrations. By April 8, promoters said Real Madrid Legends would not appear and replaced them with a mixed “DRX World Legends” side. (koran-jakarta.com) (sport.detik.com) DetikSport reported the revised lineup included Alessandro Del Piero, Fabio Cannavaro, David Silva and Franck Ribery for DRX World Legends, with Ronaldo Nazario serving as team manager and Pierluigi Collina assigned as referee. (sport.detik.com) Megatix said the Barça Legends roster included names such as Vítor Baía, Javier Saviola, Phillip Cocu and Jonathan Soriano, while DRX World Legends also mixed in Indonesian players including Ismed Sofyan, Irfan Bachdim, Greg Nwokolo and Firman Utina. (megatix.co.id) The official event site still showed older branding that described the night as “Real Madrid Legends vs Barça Legends,” even while its calendar and outside reporting pointed to the changed format. (clashoflegends.id) (sport.detik.com) That mismatch appears to be the source of confusion around the event, including the idea that it was an esports tournament. The published schedules and ticketing pages describe a live football exhibition built around retired stars and one-night exhibition lineups. (koran-jakarta.com) (megatix.co.id) By the weekend, the clearest through line was simpler than the branding: Jakarta put a stadium-scale legends match on its April 18 entertainment calendar and sold it as a reunion of famous names from world football. (koran-jakarta.com) (megatix.co.id)