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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Miguel Delaney

Uefa’s ‘reluctant’ agreement to league games abroad has blown the future of football wide open

Serie A and La Liga have both had a request granted to play a domestic game abroad - (REUTERS)

Only in football’s new post-truth world can a major authority say they oppose something by allowing it. Another line has been crossed, this one creating a lot of fog on the horizon.

So it was on Monday afternoon that an official statement was headlined “Uefa confirms its opposition to domestic league matches played abroad”, only for that same statement to confirm it is approving decisions from the Spanish and Italian leagues to stage precisely such fixtures.

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