Citing ¡°the uncertainty that has arisen in Spain over the past few weeks,¡± LaLiga announced Tuesday that it was scrapping plans to hold a league match between Barcelona and Villarreal in Miami this December.
UEFA, the governing body for European soccer, approved the match¡¯s move to the United States two weeks ago, but did so ¡°reluctantly,¡± saying that it found no framework within FIFA statutes to oppose the move.
Then came player protests: LaLiga players stood still for the first 15 seconds of their games over the weekend in a coordinated response by the Spanish Footballers¡¯ Association to the league¡¯s ¡°lack of transparency, dialogue and coherence.¡±
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