La Liga saw their plans of staging Villarreal vs. Barcelona at Hard Rock Stadium dashed. La Liga’s dreams of hosting a domestic clash between Barcelona and Villarreal in Miami were abruptly shattered after a wave of protest denounced the historic first.

Barcelona and Villarreal will make history as La Liga announced plans to ignore pushback and play an official match in Miami. Here's what to know.

La Liga has cancelled plans to hold a regular-season match between Villarreal and Barcelona in December. In August, the Spanish football federation (RFEF) approved plans to move Villarreal's fixture against Barcelona to Hard Rock Stadium on 20 December - a decision that sparked discontent in Spain.

The American conglomerate that owns Premier League outfit Burnley completed a majority takeover of Espanyol earlier this month. In a recent interview, Alan Pace, the American businessman overseeing the sporting operations at both clubs,

La Liga players are delaying the start of their matches in Spain to protest a decision to move a Barcelona-Villarreal game to the United States.

Villarreal blamed poor management by the Spanish league for the cancellation of its planned regular-season game against Barcelona in the United States. Villarreal on Wednesday expressed "discontent with La Liga over its handling of the organization of the match.