Plans to hold a La Liga match between Villarreal and Barcelona in Miami in December spectacularly crumbled on Tuesday

The first step to bringing Villarreal vs. Barcelona to Miami came on Aug. 11, when the RFEF Board of Directors approved the plans to host the La Liga fixture at Hard Rock Stadium.

The Spanish league has called off plans for Barcelona to play a regular-season game against Villarreal in Miami in December. The league said the decision was made because of “uncertainty that

La Liga has cancelled the Miami match between FC Barcelona and Villarreal due to domestic opposition and player protests, marking a setback for the Spanish league's international expansion

Barcelona stand to lose out financially after the decision was made to cancel La Liga’s first ever official match overseas, scheduled for Miami in December. UEFA reluctantly approved the change of continent,

El técnico del Barcelona, Hansi Flick, y sus jugadores no están contentos de tener que viajar 7.200 kilómetros (4.500 millas) para jugar un partido de la temporada regular de La Liga en las afueras de Miami en diciembre.

In a significant development, Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has expressed his strong satisfaction towards the cancellation of the upcoming match between Barcelona and Villarreal in

LaLiga president Javier Tebas has described the decision to cancel the overseas match between Barcelona and Villarreal in Miami as a lost opportunity.

The league confirmed that promoter Relevent Sports requested to postpone or cancel the event citing uncertainty in Spain and growing resistance from within the domestic game. The highly anticipated fixture will now take place as normal at Villarreal’s Estadio de la Ceramica on matchday 17.

After Barcelona’s dominant 6-1 win over Olympiacos, attention shifted to the news that La Liga has officially cancelled the planned match between Barcelona and Villarreal in Miami, which was