Real Madrid 'strongly' reject La Liga match in USA

Real Madrid person powerfully rejected plans to play Villarreal's La Liga lucifer pinch Barcelona successful nan United States, saying it "sets an unacceptable precedent".

The fixture is scheduled for 21 December astatine Villarreal's Estadio de la Ceramica, but nan Spanish shot federation (RFEF) approved nan connection connected Monday to big nan crippled successful America.

The RFEF will now activity support from Fifa and Uefa to move it to nan Hard Rock Stadium successful Miami, which is group to big 7 matches astatine nan 2026 World Cup.

But Real Madrid person expressed their "strongest rejection of nan proposal" to play nan lucifer extracurricular Spain.

In a statement, nan club, external said: "If this connection is carried out, its consequences would beryllium truthful superior that they would mean a earlier and aft for nan world of football."

The Spanish shot supporters' relation (FASFE) has besides joined Barcelona and Villarreal instrumentality groups to make clear their patient guidance to nan proposal, informing they would "take due ineligible action" if it went ahead.

However, Villarreal president Fernando Roig told nan club's website nan US opportunity is thing they "must seize".

"We person to grow nan marque of our shot and of Villarreal CF," he added.

"Many clubs work together connected nan request to internationalise and to look for ways to make much gross truthful we tin get person to different leagues, specified arsenic nan Premier League."

Fifa's rules presently do not let home convention matches to beryllium played abroad, but past twelvemonth it set up a moving group to research nan matter.

Last year, La Liga said it wanted to clasp Barcelona's gathering pinch Atletico Madrid successful Miami, earlier dropping nan thought because of clip constraints.

Real, who person won a grounds 36 La Liga titles, said Villarreal playing their location fixture distant from their ain stadium would beryllium "altering nan competitory equilibrium and granting an undue sporting advantage to nan applicant clubs".

Barca are scheduled to look Villarreal astatine nan Nou Camp connected 1 March, 2026.

"The integrity of nan title requires that each matches beryllium held nether nan aforesaid conditions for each teams," added Real successful their statement.

"Unilaterally modifying this authorities breaks nan equality betwixt contenders, compromises nan legitimacy of nan results and sets an unacceptable precedent that opens nan doorway to exceptions based connected interests different than strictly sporting, pinch a clear effect connected sporting integrity and nan consequence of adulteration of nan competition."

The nine said it had asked Fifa not to authorise nan staging of nan crippled without nan anterior consent of each La Liga clubs, and asked Uefa to impulse nan RFEF to retreat nan request.

Other one-off matches, specified arsenic nan Italian Super Cup and Spanish Super Cup, person been held overseas successful caller years.

With nan San Siro hosting nan opening ceremonial of nan Winter Olympics successful February, AC Milan are hoping to play their Serie A lucifer against Como successful Perth, Australia, arsenic nan 2 events clash.

The plans, however, person yet to person support from Fifa, Uefa, Football Australia and nan Asian Football Confederation (AFC).