Last weekend, all La Liga teams carried out a fifteen-second strike on the sidelines of each match, in order to protest the decision of the Spanish championship to relocate Villarreal-Barcelona on December 21 to Miami in the United States.
This Tuesday, Real Madrid even filed an appeal with the Spanish Sports Council (CSD) in order to publicly display its dissatisfaction with a decision which “distorts the competition”as club captain Dani Carvajal explained. So many factors which pushed the promoter of the match to review its position.
As La Liga announced in a press release published the day before, “
the latter announced its decision to cancel the event due to the uncertainty surrounding Spain in recent weeks. » No travel to Miami for the two teams, who will play at the legendary stadium of the Yellow Submarine, the Ceramica.
No American dream
This decision is a real blow for Javier Tebas, the president of the league, who saw this as an opportunity. “historic and unprecedented for the internationalization of Spanish football (…) Hosting an official match outside our borders would have been a decisive step in the global expansion of our competition, strengthening the international presence of the clubs, the positioning of the players and the brand image of Spanish football in a strategic market like the United States. »
In Barcelona too we deplore this decision. In a press release published on its website, the Blaugrana club “ regrets the missed opportunity to develop the image of competition in a strategic market, a driver of growth and a generator of resources for the good of all”, while its own players, including one of the captains Frenkie De Jong, had positioned themselves against this change of location.
