TIRANA, Albania (AP) — A tradition-busting plan to play domestic league games for Barcelona in the United States and AC Milan in Australia failed to make key progress on Thursday.

The UEFA executive committee said it needed more time to weigh proposals by the Spanish and Italian leagues, and wanted more talks with fans.

Spain's La Liga wants to stage Villarreal's “home” game against Barcelona in Miami on Dec. 20 and Serie A wants to move the AC Milan-Como game in February to Perth, Australia.

The plans have been fiercely opposed by more than 500 fan groups in the Football Supporters Europe network that is officially recognized by UEFA. Fans object to clubs being taken out of their home community and upsetting the balance of sporting integrity in leagues.

In Brussels, the European

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