Plans to hold a La Liga match between Villarreal and Barcelona in Miami in December spectacularly crumbled on Tuesday

The Spanish league says plans for Barcelona to play a regular-season game against Villarreal outside Miami in December have been called off

The first step to bringing Villarreal vs. Barcelona to Miami came on Aug. 11, when the RFEF Board of Directors approved the plans to host the La Liga fixture at Hard Rock Stadium.

La Liga says plans to hold Barcelona v Villarreal in Miami in December have been. cancelled after recent protests and backlash.

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La Liga president Javier Tebas didn’t explicitly name Real Madrid during a lengthy social media post lamenting the cancelation of the Miami-based league fixture between Villarreal and Barcelona, but didn’t deploy much subtlety when accusing certain forces of “killing the project.”

LaLiga, Spain's top-flight soccer league, on Tuesday announced it has scrapped plans to hold a regular season Barcelona-Villarreal game in Miami on Dec. 20.

BARCELONA vs Villarreal was set to break new ground becoming the first La Liga match to be played on foreign soil. It was also set to be a hotly contested game between two teams in in the league

La Liga has cancelled the Miami match between FC Barcelona and Villarreal due to domestic opposition and player protests, marking a setback for the Spanish league's international expansion

El técnico del Barcelona, Hansi Flick, y sus jugadores no están contentos de tener que viajar 7.200 kilómetros (4.500 millas) para jugar un partido de la temporada regular de La Liga en las afueras de Miami en diciembre.

"Given the current uncertainty in Spain, there is insufficient time to properly execute an event of this scale," said organisers.