Source: Live broadcast
Marca News that later on Tuesday, after the announcement of the cancellation of the match between Biarritz and Barcelona in Miami, the United States, Real Madrid expressed a positive reaction.
Despite the relative restraint, Real Madrid is pleased with the decision and we are fighting alone, but not tired," the club's internal sources told the Marca newspaper, saying they believe Real Madrid's efforts against the "Miami Plan" have been successful.
In fact, the entire day on Tuesday, Real Madrid publicly expressed their opposition to the plan. That morning, the Marca newspaper that after receiving Real Madrid’s notification, the Spanish Sports Senior Council requested that the Spanish Football Association provide detailed information in support of the decision to move the team overseas. In response, the Spanish Football Association requested to consult Real Madrid’s documents in order to be able to give a targeted response.
Courtois then spoke at a press conference ahead of Wednesday's Champions League game against Juventus. The goalkeeper is one of the most vocal players in the team, and he sharply criticized La Liga's overseas competition plans.
"This completely destroys the fairness of the league. The situation in NBA and NFL is different. There are 82 games in NBA, and the venue of the playoffs is irrelevant to them; The NFL is decided by all team owners voting, and the number of games has been increased to meet their interests."
“And here it’s the opposite, it’s a unilateral decision-making behavior that undermines the fairness of the league and violates the player’s agreement. I think we should play at home and at the pitch, and there’s a big difference between the two. At the West Army, the pitch games are very tough, like we’ve played before against the Royal Society and Herthafei. These are all tough, and the pitch at Biarritz is the same. Regardless of the win, all teams should play at the pitch unless there’s force majeure.”
If Courtois’s words were not strong enough, then in the afternoon, Captain Cavalier argued on social media with Chairman Tesco, Mr. Tesco, “Hello, Mr. Tesco, violating the rules is destroying the competition. You can comment on any Real TV video, but don’t ignore the fact that the above behavior is a violation of the rules.”
Although Tebas publicly responded to Carvajal: "I don't think it undermines La Liga competition, it's a very critical view. In my opinion, what really undermines the competition is the Real Madrid TV videos last season, which are obviously designed to put pressure on referees."
But in fact, the pressure created by Real Madrid has worked, and finally Miami's La Liga overseas competition was cancelled. In this game, although Villarreal is the home court, Barcelona will play as the "home court" because it has a large number of fans in the United States.
However, the “solitary but not exhausted” Real Madrid eventually succeeded in stopping the arrangement.