The league seeks to rally support for Barcelona and Girona in America

MADRID (Reuters) – The Primera Liga (ASF) has filed a petition to gather its collective support for a match between Barcelona and Girona in Miami, which faces stiff opposition from the country's sporting authorities.

The Miami match between Girona and Barcelona will be the first match of an agreement between the Spanish league and the multinational group Sports, Entertainment and Media Relent, aged 15, in a league game of the Spanish league each season in the United States. United.

"The youth support campaign will highlight the growing popularity of football in America and the desire of the American public to attract the world's largest football league to the United States and to organize the first match of the season in a European tournament out of Europe, "says a statement from Primera Liga.

The Spanish Football Confederation has tightened its intention to request more information on the match scheduled for January, to be approved by the American Football Federation, in addition to the Continental Unions, the European Union and the United States. the Confederation of North, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF).

The proposals received another blow when FIFA President Gugiani Infantino announced at a meeting of the FIFA Council in Rwanda last week that "the official matches of the league must take place on the territory of the Member Federation concerned ".

The Spanish League has announced that it will refer the case to the International Sports Tribunal if FIFA opposes these projects.

This petition represents an attempt by the League of Leagues and the Relent Group to tackle the opposition of gaming institutions by showing that this project is focused on supporting and promoting young people.

"The league is trying to attract a league game to America for the first time in its history, but we would like your help to organize this event." Some influential decision makers falsely claim that it will not serve the game in the United States but we have to fight for it, the game to tell them in the interest of the masses and in the interest of the game. "