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The cancellation of La Liga’s program to clasp a Barcelona lucifer successful Miami successful December is simply a “missed opportunity” for Spanish football, the league’s president said Wednesday, portion elsewhere its illness was celebrated.
Champions Barca were acceptable to look Villarreal successful the United States connected December 20, which would person been the archetypal European league fixture to beryllium played abroad.
The lucifer volition present beryllium held astatine Villarreal’s Estadio de la Ceramica location arsenic normal.
La Liga said their promoter for the lucifer decided to cancel the organisation of the lawsuit due to the fact that of “uncertainty generated successful Spain successful caller weeks”.
La Liga president Javier Tebas took to X to explicit regret astatine not being capable to prehend “this historical opportunity”, adding that Spanish shot had missed a accidental to “develop, to task itself successful the satellite and reenforce its future”.
The program to clasp the lucifer successful the United States had been criticised by assorted parties.
The Spanish Footballers’ Association (AFE) organised protests against it past weekend, with players from each squad remaining immobile for 15 seconds astatine the commencement of each league match.
Spanish giants Real Madrid besides railed against it institutionally, portion goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois said Tuesday it would adulterate the competition.
Madrid skipper Dani Carvajal told Tebas the crippled being held overseas would beryllium “a stain” connected the competition.
Tebas added: “We are appealing to the ‘integrity of the competition’ from those who person been questioning this aforesaid integrity for years, putting unit connected referees and managers, constructing distorted narratives oregon utilizing governmental and media unit arsenic a sporting tool.”
The president of Spain’s Sports Council (CSD), Jose Manuel Rodriguez Uribes, said La Liga had not gone the close mode astir trying to put the game.
“The occurrence we experienced with Miami… shows that this is not the mode to bash things,” helium said connected Wednesday.
“Before taking an inaugural of this quality — a determination truthful important that it could undoubtedly person affected the integrity of the contention — it was indispensable to person dialogue, an statement among the participants, each the clubs.
“Of course, the players should beryllium considered, arsenic good arsenic the fans.”
Rodriguez Uribes said “absolute transparency” was necessary, arsenic good arsenic “appropriate regulations” successful spot for this benignant of game, which bash not presently exist.
“At the CSD we volition ever similar — arsenic we person said from the precise opening — to bring sporting events to Spain alternatively than instrumentality them out,” helium added.
– ‘Seismic victory’ –
The AFE released a connection highlighting “the deficiency of transparency, dialogue, and coherence” from La Liga astir the game.
“The players spoke retired unanimously connected the transportation past week to nonstop a almighty message: without players, determination is nary football,” added the footballers’ association.
In February, Serie A inactive program to clasp a lucifer betwixt AC Milan and Como successful Perth, Australia, contempt a akin backlash from some fans and players.
Football Supporters Europe (FSE), a typical assemblage connected instrumentality issues, celebrated the cancelation of the Miami lucifer arsenic a “seismic victory”, and warned the Italian apical formation to wantonness their plans.
“Doubling down connected this failed thought would beryllium an enactment of self-inflicted harm to the league’s reputation, to Italian football, and to the crippled arsenic a whole,” said FSE successful a statement.
The station La Liga main laments Miami lucifer illness arsenic others celebrate appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.
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