"Sadly for the powers that be in La Liga, it has been decided that their money-making, profile-rising wheeze to send Barcelona and Villarreal to the city that keeps the roof blazin' to play a Spanish top-flight game has been cancelled. Any notions Lamine Yamal, Nicolas Pepe or their teammates might have had to spend their Christmas break bouncin' in the club where the heat is on are on hold and replaced by the crushing reality of having to remain in Football Daily checks notes Spain."
"La Liga's plan to export the match to the USA USA USA was presented as a fait accompli by La Liga chief suit Javier Tebas two weeks ago, and confirmed by the Barcelona chief suit Joan Laporta on Tuesday afternoon. Both men were left with several tortillas' worth of egg on their fizzogs after news broke that the game's American promoters had sacked off the idea a few hours later while both teams were taking care of Bigger Cup business."
La Liga planned to export a La Liga top-flight match between Barcelona and Villarreal to Miami, presenting the move as a fait accompli confirmed by Javier Tebas and Joan Laporta. American promoters later withdrew the event hours after the confirmations, cancelling the trip and forcing both teams to remain in Spain. Villarreal's coach Marcelino called the timing disrespectful as the announcement coincided with their defeat to Manchester City. Barcelona had just completed a highly controversial rout of Olympiakos. The cancellation was blamed on recent uncertainty in Spain and was reported as a joint decision with promoters Relevent, though promoters appeared equally reluctant.
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