Spanish court approves matches Friday and rejects matches Monday

MADRID (Reuters) – The Spanish courts on Friday approved local league games, but banned them in a decision Monday that temporarily alleviates the problem between La Liga and the local federation.
As expected, the new season begins in the Liga on Friday, August 16 with the match between Barcelona and Basque Athletic Bilbao, according to the decision made Friday by the court in Madrid.
On the other hand, the two first round matches between Mallorca and Ibar, on the one hand, and the Andalusian neighbors, Real Betis and Seville, on the other hand, need to be reprogrammed.
The decision of the court to which it has pronounced on the merits is subject to appeal.
According to a statement from the High Court of Justice in Madrid, it "partially appreciated the request for provisional measures" presented by La Liga, which now had to pay a deposit of 15 million euros.
A dispute broke out on Friday and Monday between La Liga and the local federation and television rights, forcing them to bring the case to court on Wednesday.
The dispute between the badociation, which represents the professional clubs, and the Spanish federation, which represents all the clubs, including amateur clubs, is on the table and the television rights revenues for the championship matches, estimated to two billion euros, according to the badociation.
According to the badociation, the Spanish federation must approve the matches played this weekend for 30 million euros. For the professional, the change of date can be interpreted as a violation of contracts already signed "with unforeseen consequences".
The Spanish federation reacts to La Liga's stance by stating that the previous agreement reached with it allowed matches to be played Friday and Monday expiring in June and that the current contract did not provide for this possibility.
The Spanish federation announced that it had proposed to the league to keep the games on Friday and reduce the number of matches on Monday, hoping to get "10% of the amount received by the league. badociation for the matches of Monday and Friday ".
In late July, the sole judge of the Spanish Football Federation decided that the league matches could not take place on Friday and Monday, which meant changing the schedule of the first stages of the league.
La Liga is opposed to the decision in the hope of suspending it in order to avoid delaying the start of the league.
Both sides disagree on the merits and are allowed to fix the league schedule, while "La Liga" baderts its right to freely determine the dates and times of the matches, while the Union considers that it is the prerogative to determine the time of the matches and not the days of their holding.
Monday's matches drew criticism from last season's Spanish fans and most of the stadiums remain empty.
Monday's matches also drew criticism in Germany, prompting the federation to commit to stopping them from the 2021-2022 season. AP