La Liga Players To Stage On-field Protest Over Decision To Play League Game In Us

La Liga players will protestation this play nan league’s determination to clasp a regular play crippled successful Miami, nan Spanish shot players’ national said connected Friday.

Players scheme to region for 15 seconds aft kickoff successful games successful nan ninth information held from Friday done Monday, Spanish media reported.

The players’ national said successful a connection that nan “players will protestation successful a symbolic manner to denounce nan deficiency of transparency, speech and coherence of La Liga regarding nan anticipation of playing a crippled successful nan United States.”

La Liga made charismatic past week its plans to clasp a nan Barcelona-Villarreal crippled successful Miami connected 20 December.

The national said nan captains of nan 20 top-flight sides were successful statement pinch nan protest. But nan national added it had not asked nan Barcelona and Villarreal players to participate successful nan protest, moreover though, nan national said “they stock nan basal premise of nan protest.”

The ninth information kicked disconnected connected Friday pinch Oviedo hosting Espanyol.

Earlier Friday, Barcelona coach Hansi Flick and his players were not pleased astatine having to recreation 7,200km (4,500 miles) to play a regular play game.

“My players are not happy, I americium not happy, but La Liga decided that we will play this game,” Flick said astatine a property convention successful reply to a mobility astir his position connected nan game.

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has defended nan move by saying it represents an opportunity to further push into nan American sports market.

But for Flick and his players, it represents added recreation earlier a short wintertime break. Barcelona will besides recreation to Saudi Arabia for nan Spanish Super Cup starting connected 7 January.

Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong besides criticized playing nan crippled successful nan US, saying players were already overloaded pinch recreation and a packed playing calendar.

Like Barcelona, Villarreal were besides playing successful nan Champions League.

La Liga president Javier Tebas has defended nan crippled overseas arsenic a cardinal to boosting “revenues successful nan mid- to long-term” and expanding nan worth of his competition’s tv rights, which lag down those of England’s Premier League.

Tebas said nan convention plans to make an world lucifer an yearly event.

The lucifer will beryllium astatine Hard Rock Stadium successful Miami Gardens, location of nan NFL’s Miami Dolphins.

The convention has chartered planes to return to Florida what it estimates will beryllium 2,000 to 3,000 fans from Villarreal, which is nan location team.