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Football: 'Nonsensical' power struggle leaves Spanish clubs unsure if weekend La Liga games will be staged

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MADRID (Reuters) - A week after the start of the La Liga season was held up because of a conflict over scheduling, clubs in Spain's top flight still do not know when this week's matches will be played due a power struggle between the sports' leading institutions.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

MADRID - A week after the start of the La Liga season was held up because of a conflict over scheduling, clubs in Spain's top flight still do not know when this week's matches will be played due a power struggle between the sports' leading institutions.

But less than 48 hours before that match was due to be played, a federation judge ruled it could not take place on Friday and it was pushed back by a day to Saturday, wrecking Athletic's travel plans and harming both teams' preparations. La Liga called the federation's stance"nonsensical" but rather than moving the matches to Saturday and Sunday for the second round of fixtures, they lodged an appeal to the government's department for sport, with a decision expected late on Wednesday.

LONG-RUNNING BATTLE Real Betis coach Manuel Pellegrini, who had his side's first game with Alaves moved forward by a day and is still unsure when they will play Valladolid, also hit out at the shambles. The squabbling over the scheduling of matches is one of several battlegrounds in a long-running war between La Liga president Javier Tebas and federation chief Luis Rubiales.

 

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