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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sid Lowe in Madrid

If Tebas had only listened he might have got his La Liga game abroad

General view of the fans inside the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami
The Hard Rock Stadium in Miami was meant to host Villarreal v Barcelona. Instead, the move to take La Liga to America failed again. Photograph: Sandra Montanez/Getty Images

If there is a moment that defined La Liga’s fourth failed attempt to play in Miami, an image to explain why everything went wrong, it may have been the moment it was all over. On Tuesday night, Spanish television broadcast reaction to the news from the Estadio de la Ceràmica, live and unfiltered.

Cameras caught someone else who felt dismissed and disrespected, treated as if they didn’t count. This time it was someone who was supposed to be on the league’s side, but now appeared as a portrait of poor planning and poorer communication, a lack of consideration that pushed the project to collapse.

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