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La Liga US game opposed

La Liga’s plan to host a game in the United States suffered another blow yesterday when the Spanish Football Players’ Association, or AFE, announced it was against the idea. The league’s ambition to stage January 26’s Girona versus Barcelona fixture in Miami has been met with resistance from the Spanish soccer federation, which last week refused to back the idea until it received more information. This led to a public war of words between La Liga chief Javier Tebas and RFEF president Luis Rubiales. After receiving a more detailed analysis of the idea, the AFE aligned itself with the RFEF.




 

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