Article by Daniel Scorpie – Published Tuesday, October 21, 2025 19:22 / Updated Tuesday, October 21, 2025 19:30
President Florentino Perez continues his war with Spanish League boss Javier Tebas in an attempt to prevent the December 20 match between Villarreal and Barcelona in Florida. His leader real madrid will send a letter to CONCACAF (Confederation of North and Central America) and a second to the Superior Council of Sport in Spain.
The Spaniards write that Florentino Pérez will use “all possible ways to respect the will of the clubs in La Liga, so that the Villarreal – Barcelona match will be played in the normal place, in this case at the Estadio de la Cerámica.
Real Madrid wants to lead the protest against a decision by the League president, this time sending a letter to CONCACAF to prevent the confederation from agreeing to the game being played at the Hard Rock Stadium.
Madrid was also surprised by the decision regarding the referees appointed for this meeting. CONCACAF would have proposed the use of some Americans, given that the match is played on that continent and has already considered a list of the best candidates for a match of this magnitude.”
The players of Real Madrid made a common front with opponents from Getafe and protested against toys in a La Liga match in Miami / Photo: Imago
The president of the blanco club made a second appeal to the Superior Council of Sport in an attempt to get the Spanish Government to rule on this matter which affects one of the most famous sports competitions in the country.
15-second strike at last weekend's matches!
Already in 2018, Javier Tebas launched the idea of moving a match of the most important Spanish football competition outside the country's borders. Real Madrid always strongly opposed, as they do now, resorting to the last possible courts to block the decision of the head of the League.
The decision to move the Villarreal-Barcelona game scheduled in the Spanish championship before the Christmas break to the USA caused an uproar in La Liga last weekend.
The 22 players remained motionless in the first 10 seconds also on Montjuyic, in the opening game Barcelona – Girona 2-1 / Photo: Imago
The captains of the 18 non-involved clubs decided to protest against the players not being consulted about the match being played on Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. And in the first 15 seconds of the meetings in the last stage they went on strikestanding still after the referee's first whistle.
