Spain: big protest against LaLiga, Tebas out over Barça Miami match | OneFootball

In the first 15″ of the match between Atlético de Madrid and Osasuna, as well as in other games, the players did not move as a sign of protest over the match between the Blaugranas and Villarreal, which will take place in Florida.

At the Metropolitano stadium, Atlético de Madrid and Osasuna players stood still for the first 15 seconds of their match this Saturday, in support of the protest by the Spanish Footballers’ Association (AFE) “over LaLiga’s lack of transparency, dialogue, and coherence” regarding Villarreal-Barcelona in Miami, and they received unanimous support from the crowd with an ovation.

The stands at the Metropolitano joined the protest with applause and chants against Javier Tebas and LaLiga’s leadership, because it is understood that, in a way, this also adulterates the competition from a sporting standpoint; since FC Barcelona will play an away match far from a stadium (La Cerámica), one of the toughest in the league, without the pressure they would have faced had this decision not been made. During the protest, people chanted “Tebas, step down now!”

As has happened in other stadiums throughout Matchday 9, both the Madrid side and the Navarrese team carried out the symbolic protest at the start of the match, after Osasuna’s kickoff. The crowd applauded the players’ gesture, and play resumed from the 16th second. In its statement on Friday, the AFE announced that “in light of LaLiga’s persistent refusals and quixotic proposals, it categorically rejects a project (the Villarreal-Barcelona match in the United States on December 20) that does not have the approval of the main protagonists” of football.

At the same time, the AFE “demands that the employers’ association create a negotiating table in which all information is shared and the exceptional nature of the project is analyzed, the needs and concerns of the footballers are addressed, and their labor rights are protected and current regulations are complied with.”

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