Barcelona affirm La Liga rejected fixture change request
Barcelona will proceed their battle with La Liga over fixture congestion proper up till the tip of the 2024/25 season.
La Blaugrana are preventing throughout three fronts within the remaining weeks of the marketing campaign as Hansi Flick chases the La Liga title, Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League.
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Meaning extra video games added to the schedule at a speedy fee with Barcelona successfully taking part in each three days for almost all of 2025.
The tightness of the schedule has trigger friction between Flick and La Liga with the German coach calling out unfairness over how Barcelona’s fixtures are touchdown.
The stress has spilled over into an official criticism filed by Barcelona in an sudden present of unity with El Clasico rivals Actual Madrid over the state of affairs.
Each hour counts in between video games, with all sides attempting to stick to the ’72 hour rule’, to permit Flick’s gamers to get better and go once more.
Barcelona prolonged their lead on the prime of the La Liga title race with an outstanding 4-3 comeback win over Celta Vigo and they’re going to now face Mallorca in league motion three days later.
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There can be a four-day hole from that conflict on April 22 to the Copa del Rey remaining with Actual Madrid on April 26.
Picture by way of FC Barcelona / Marc Graupera
Nonetheless, the house between video games returns to a few days, as they return to Champions League motion on the finish of the month.
They host Inter Milan on April 30 in semi remaining motion, host Actual Valladolid on Might 3, earlier than the return conflict on the San Siro on Might 6.
Sporting director Deco has voiced his annoyance on the date advert kick of time in opposition to all-time low Valladolid being moved to 9pm Spanish time, the identical as the 2 Inter Milan video games.
“Typically they take heed to us and different instances they don’t. Within the Champions League, we’ve been weak on the subject of defending ourselves with schedules,” as per quotes from .
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“The supervisor has talked about it for some time. We don’t have the facility to make selections. We perceive why the match in opposition to Valladolid was scheduled for Sunday, and moved to Saturday; nevertheless it might have been performed at 4pm or 6:30pm.
“We might have favored to play earlier. We requested to play at 6:30, however La Liga made a special determination.”