MADRID — The Spanish soccer league said Tuesday that plans for Barcelona to play a regular-season game against Villarreal outside Miami in December have been called off, a decision that comes following increased opposition to the match domestically.

The league said the decision was made after conversations with the promoter of the planned Dec. 20 match and cited the “uncertainty that has arisen in Spain over the past few weeks.”

Game promoter Relevent said it informed La Liga of the need to “postpone the planned match” because “there is insufficient time to properly execute an event of this scale.”

It added that "it would also be irresponsible to begin selling tickets without a confirmed match in place.”

The league had finally succeeded in getting approval from soccer bodies such as UE

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