La Liga start delayed due to scheduling row
The first game of the new La Liga season between Granada and Athletic Bilbao set for Friday has been postponed by a day after a judge from the Spanish soccer federation ruled that matches could not take place on Fridays or Mondays.
La Liga said in a statement on Wednesday they would appeal the decision to ensure matches could take place outside of weekends for the second round of fixtures, but confirmed the Granada v Athletic Bilbao game would now be held on Saturday.
The first game of the new campaign will now be Eibar’s home fixture with Celta Vigo on Saturday, with the Granada-Athletic Bilbao match taking place later in the day.
The Alaves v Real Betis match, originally due to be held on Monday, would take place on Sunday instead, added La Liga.
The two institutions agreed a temporary ceasefire on the issue when the season re-started in June as fans could not attend matches due to COVID-19 restrictions.
And while spectators are still not allowed at matches the issue has reared its head again.
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