Villarreal blames La Liga for canceled Miami game
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Plans to hold a La Liga match between Villarreal and Barcelona in Miami in December spectacularly crumbled on Tuesday
Nico Gonzalez is a doubt for Manchester City’s Premier League clash with Aston Villa at the weekend after suffering a foot injury in Tuesday’s 2-0 win over Villarreal in Spain. Pep Guardiola’s side maintained their fine run of form as goals from Erling Haaland and Bernardo Silva in the first-half secured a comfortable three points for Manchester City at Estadi de la Ceràmica.
Manchester City's ability to bounce back from bad results has left coach Pep Guardiola very confident going into Tuesday's clash at Villarreal as they look to return to winning ways in the Champions League after being held at AS Monaco this month.
"Given the current uncertainty in Spain, there is insufficient time to properly execute an event of this scale," said organisers.
It appears that Real Madrid are hell bent on ensuring that the La Liga fixture between FC Barcelona and Villarreal does not end up being played in Miami, USA.In what would be a historic event, the
La Liga's decision to move the game between Villarreal and Barcelona to Miami is "good for football", says Spanish football federation president Rafael Louzan.