It’s official: the La Liga match between Villarreal and Barcelona might be performed on the Laborious Rock Stadium in Miami, USA.
La Liga has been pushing to host a match in the USA for a number of years, however on events in 2023 and 2024, they didn’t obtain the required approval for the occasion to turn out to be a actuality. Nonetheless, the case is completely different in 2025.
Earlier this week, UEFA reluctantly gave their approval for the match to happen, which meant that solely FIFA’s sign-off was wanted. And though it has not formally arrived, La Liga president Javier Tebas has now introduced that the match between Villarreal and Barcelona will happen in Miami, as per Marca.
“Apart from a small formal situation, the method is already completed. We are able to say that on Saturday, December 20, an official La Liga match, Villarreal-Barcelona, might be performed in Miami, a match with factors at stake. As an alternative of being performed on the Estadio de la Cerámica in Villarreal, will probably be performed on the Laborious Rock Stadium.”
Tebas confirms La Liga plans to advertise match within the USA
Tebas additionally revealed that La Liga might be heading over to the USA within the weeks earlier than the Villarreal-Barcelona match, as they search to advertise themselves and the fixture itself.
“We’re going to go over 4 or 5 weeks earlier than the sporting occasion, and we’re going to publicise the issues that La Liga does – from our league for the disabled, the golf equipment with their ambassadors… We’re going to attain varied cities in the USA to make ourselves recognized way more.”