Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 2:24 p.m.
| Updated 6:50 p.m.
With a contract signed by LaLiga with the sporting event organization company Relevent, <a href="https://www.archysport.com/2022/01/the-classic-is-here-will-real-madrid-confirm-its-dominance-and-how-can-barcelona-surprise-its-rival/" title="The Classic is here! Will Real Madrid confirm its dominance? And how can Barcelona surprise its rival?”>Javier Tebas‘s commitment to having a championship match played outside of Spain for the first time in history, specifically in Miami, is closer after two failed attempts. . Since 2018, the president of the clubs’ association has been trying to move a League match to the United States, always with Barcelona and Atlético as involved, and on this occasion the intention is for the duel between the Blaugranas and the Red and Whites on matchday 18, scheduled for the 22nd December, it will be played at Hard Rock Stadium.
The idea of taking the Girona-Barça game from six years ago to Miami did not come to fruition because FIFA, UEFA and the Spanish Federation (FEF) were opposed and the Barça club, fearing possible sanctions, finally rejected its “availability” to face said match abroad. The following season, in 2019, it was a commercial court that upheld a lawsuit filed by the FEF and prohibited Villarreal-Atlético from being played on American soil.
The organization chaired by Javier Tebas, whose first vice president is the CEO of Atlético, Miguel Ángel Gil Marín, is already working so that the Barça-Atlético game before Christmas can be played in Miami. However, the decision depends once again on the green light from FIFA, UEFA and the FEF, without ruling out that a lawsuit could be filed before ordinary justice that would prevent Tebas’ wish from coming true.
LaLiga now has a much more favorable context than when Luis Rubiales presided over the FEF, in permanent war with Javier Tebas. The relations of the employers’ association with the federative body, at the expense of the elections, are now much closer, in addition to the fact that both FIFA and UEFA have already been taking steps towards globalization. The American company Relevent, with which LaLiga signed its agreement for a period of 15 years, has already requested permission from FIFA for Barça-Atlético in Miami. This time it plays in Tebas’ favor that the highest world body approved last May the creation of a working group with Relevent to transfer matches from European leagues to the United States.
«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 collaborate,” responded this Wednesday the red and white president, Enrique Cerezo, when asked his opinion on the intention of LaLiga. that Barça-Atlético will be played in Miami.
