# Soccer: The president of Spain’s La Liga, Javier Tebas, describes the cancellation of the encounter between Barcelona and Villareal in the United States as a missed opportunity to advance the local game. The Spanish governing body in August gave approval for the match to take place in Miami in December, but reversed the decision yesterday following a local backlash, including a 15-second protest at the start of last weekend’s La Liga games. Tebas says the defence of so-called tradition was invoked from a narrow-minded and provincial perspective.
Soccer: La Liga’s president laments the cancellation of the Barcelona-Villareal clash in the US