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“A complete chapter!”: Van Basten slams La Liga and UEFA!
Marco van Basten lashes out fiercely at UEFA and La Liga due to Barça!
Marco van Basten didn’t mince his phrases after UEFA’s choice to permit the Villarreal vs Barcelona match to be performed on American soil. The legendary former Ajax, AC Milan and Netherlands striker, now 60 years previous, expressed outrage at a transfer he considers opposite to the very essence of European soccer.
“Why on earth is Villarreal vs Barcelona being performed in america? What are we doing? Is that this some form of comedy present?” he raged, earlier than including: “It’s utterly ridiculous. And, by the best way, it’s additionally dishonest! For me, this implies the overall chapter of La Liga. UEFA should put a cease to this.”
Triple Ballon d’Or winner and international soccer icon, Van Basten believes that such a transfer “destroys the soccer traditions constructed over centuries” and places the very tradition of European sport in jeopardy. A fiery outburst, becoming for a person who has all the time remained deeply hooked up to the historic values of the attractive recreation.