Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 2:24 p.m.
«Where there is a boss, no sailor commands. We don’t know if it will be played there or not, but if it is for the good of Spanish football we are delighted to go and support,” the president of Atlético de Madrid, Enrique Cerezo, responded this Wednesday when asked his opinion on the LaLiga‘s intention that the match against Barça scheduled for December 22 in Miami.
The organization chaired by Javier Tebas, whose first vice president is the rojiblanco CEO, Miguel Ángel Gil Marín, is already working so that the Atlético-Barcelona matchday 18 of the League becomes the first League match to be played outside of Spain .
After two failed attempts with a Girona-Barça and a Villarreal-Atlético, in 2018 and 2019, respectively, LaLiga’s wish could come true this time. Six years ago, FIFA opposed the Catalan derby in Montilivi being played in Miami and Barça, fearing possible sanctions, refused to play said match in the United States, while the following season it was a commercial court, which upheld a demand from the FEF, which prohibited the clash between Villarreal and Atlético from being played there.
