Barca Miami match ‘adulterates’ La Liga, says Real Madrid’s Courtois

Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois said Tuesday the program to instrumentality Barcelona’s La Liga lucifer against Villarreal to Miami is “adulterating” the competition.

La Liga announced they were moving the crippled to the United States successful December, which volition beryllium the archetypal European League fixture to beryllium held abroad.

“It’s wholly adulterating the competition,” Courtois told a quality conference.

“It’s casual to speech astir the NFL and the NBA (which determination locations), they person 82 games and it doesn’t alteration thing for them, and successful the NFL it’s voted for by the owners of the teams…

“Here it’s the opposite… they decided to bash it and it adulterates the competition.”

Courtois said Barcelona would summation an vantage by facing Villarreal astatine a neutral stadium, alternatively than successful a mean distant game.

“Villarreal distant is simply a hard game… everyone should play astatine location and away, isolated from for unit majeure.”

The Spanish Footballers’ Association (AFE) organised protests against the crippled being moved past weekend, with players from each squad not moving for 15 seconds astatine the commencement of each league match.

However, the protests astatine the commencement of each lucifer were not each shown connected tv broadcasts.

“Hiding it… is censorship and manipulation, and that’s not bully astatine all,” added Courtois.

Madrid person expressed their disapproval of the lucifer being moved and Spanish media person reported that the nine person filed a ailment to the Spanish government.

Coach Xabi Alonso reiterated helium is besides against the Miami switch.

“My sentiment is clear… the nine is defending their interests and we volition spot what happens,” said the coach.

Belgian stopper Courtois is acceptable to marque his 300th quality for the nine connected Wednesday erstwhile Real Madrid big Juventus successful the Champions League.

“I’m precise arrogant of reaching that number, erstwhile you’re a kid you imagination of playing a crippled for Real Madrid and time it volition beryllium 300,” said the 33-year-old.”

AFP

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