Just minutes ago, the match between Real Oviedo and Espanyol kicked off to start Matchday 9 of La Liga. After the decision was made that Barcelona and Villarreal would play their match in Miami, the

After the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and UEFA approved the plans for the La Liga clash between Barcelona and Villarreal to take place at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, there have been rumblings of a potential stance taken by the players’ union to outwardly oppose the decision.

All 22 players who started Real Oviedo's clash vs Espanyol on Friday paused for 15 seconds at the beginning of the match to protest the decision to play La Liga fixtures abroad.

The protest was organized by the AFE, the Spanish players’ union, which proposed not playing for the first 30 seconds of each match to “assert the lack of transparency, dialogue, and consistency”. According to the association, the decision was made without consulting the players, completely disregarding their protection.

Controversy has erupted in Spain after the television broadcast of Real Oviedo’s clash with Espanyol cut away from the opening moments of play, missing both teams’ planned 15-second protest against La Liga’s decision to move Barcelona’s upcoming league game to Miami.

Lamine Yamal is fit again and ready to play a week before the first clasico of the season, Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said Friday. Yamal and midfielder Fermín López have both recovered from injuries and could play at least part of Barcelona’s La Liga game against Girona on Saturday.

Barcelona suffered the injury of Robert Lewandowski, and now they've lost another forward for the La Liga match against Girona. The past few weeks have been a nightmare for Barcelona. Not only have the results been disappointing—particularly the losses to Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Champions League and Sevilla in La Liga—but they’ve also been hit with a wave of injuries to key players,

La Liga's decision to move the game between Villarreal and Barcelona to Miami is "good for football", says Spanish football federation president Rafael Louzan.