MADRID – The Spanish league is finally set to play a regular-season game in the United States.

La Liga president Javier Tebas said on Wednesday in Miami that the plans are “practically finalized” for Villarreal and Barcelona to face each other at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens on Dec. 20.

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Speaking while attending a sports summit in Miami, Tebas said it can be said that “an official Spanish league game will be played in Miami between Villarreal and Barcelona.”

He and the league had been pushing for a regular-season game abroad for some time, with the first attempt coming in 2018 with a match between Barcelona and Girona, but the idea was dismissed after criticism from some players, fans and clubs. Its subsequent attempts to play there also failed but the plan mov

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