LaLiga comes to a stand still as players protest against Barca-Villareal’s Miami move
October 20 – For the second consecutive matchday, Spain’s La Liga players made their feelings crystal clear about moving domestic fixtures abroad, even if television overlords seemed determined that fans wouldn’t witness the protests.
Just before kickoff at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Montjuïc, as Barcelona hosted Girona, the broadcast feed inexplicably cut to an exterior shot of the stadium. When the feed returned, the game was already underway. What viewers missed were fifteen seconds of collective stillness and a silent protest by both teams against La Liga’s plan to stage th