Villarreal coach Marcelino angry at Miami LaLiga match cancellation

VIDEO SHOWS: SOUNDBITE FROM VILLARREAL COACH MARCELINO GARCIA TORAL /  BARCELONA TEAM TRAINING SESSION / SCREENGRAB FROM LALIGA.COM SAYING PLANNED BARCELONA MATCH AGAINST VILLARREAL IN MIAMI HAS BEEN SCRAPPED / DRONE FOOTAGE OF HARD ROCK STADIUM / UEFA PRESIDENT ALEKSANDER CEFERIN / UEFA HEADQUARTERS RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT  SHOWS: VILLARREAL, SPAIN (OCTOBER 20, 2025) (UEFA – This content can only be used in the reporting of the UEFA Champions League 2025/2026 season – no other use allowed. No commercial use. Must on-screen courtesy " UEFA 2025". No resales. No sublicensing. No monetisation) 1. VILLARREAL COACH MARCELINO GARCIA TORAL WALKS INTO PRESS CONFERENCE 2. WHITE FLASH 3. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) VILLARREAL COACH MARCELINO GARCIA TORAL SAYING:     "Look, as Hernan already said, I'm going to answer that question. Just one question, which I think will be pretty clear. I think it's absolutely, absolutely disrespectful to make a statement at half-time about something that was planned and then not do it. I think it's disrespectful to Villarreal's management, the club, the professionals, and the fans. From here on out, well, the club will make an official statement tomorrow. That's my opinion." BARCELONA, SPAIN (OCTOBER 20, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 4. FC BARCELONA PLAYERS GATHERED ON PITCH FOR TEAM TRAINING SESSION 5. PLAYERS KICKING BALL AROUND IN A RONDO DRILL 6.  PLAYERS IN RONDO DRILLS 7. BARCELONA COACH, HANSI FLICK, LOOKING ON 8. VARIOUS OF GOALKEEPERS TRAINING 9. PLAYERS TRAINING 10. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS HEADING BALLS / MIDFIELDER FRENKIE DE JONG 11. DEFENDER, JULES KOUNDE, KICKING BALL / DE JONG 12. FORWARD, LAMINE YAMAL, AND TEAMMATES  13. TEAM DRINKING WATER  14. YAMAL IN RONDO DRILL  15. DEFENDER, ALEJANDRO BALDE, CHASING BALL  16. SESSION IN PROGRESS  INTERNET (OCTOBER 21, 2025) (LALIGA.COM – Access all) (MUTE) 17. SCREENGRAB FROM LALIGA.COM SAYING PLANNED BARCELONA MATCH AGAINST VILLARREAL IN MIAMI HAS BEEN SCRAPPED MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (FILE – NOVEMBER 15, 2024) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 18. VARIOUS OF DRONE FOOTAGE OF HARD ROCK STADIUM – HOME OF THE NFL’S MIAMI DOLPHINS AND SITE WHERE BARCELONA’S LALIGA MATCH AGAINST VILLARREAL WAS SLATED TO BE PLAYED BELGRADE, SERBIA (FILE – APRIL 3, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 19. UEFA PRESIDENT, ALEKSANDER CEFERIN, AT PRESS CONFERENCE (NOT A SOUNDBITE) NYON, SWITZERLAND (FILE – JUNE 27, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 20. VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF THE UEFA HEADQUARTERS / LARGE BALL IN HEADQUARTER GROUNDS STORY: Villarreal coach Marcelino Garcia Toral said on Tuesday (October 21) that his club have been treated with disrespect after the proposed LaLiga match between Barcelona and Villarreal in Miami was canceled by its promoter following fierce criticism in Spain.     Speaking after his sides 2-0 home defeat to Manchester City in the Champions League, Marcelino was angry with the timing of the announcement regarding the cancellation of the Miami match.     "I think it's absolutely, absolutely disrespectful to make a statement at half-time about something that was planned and then not do it," he said. "I think it's disrespectful to Villarreal's management, the club, the professionals, and the fans."     The fixture, scheduled for the Hard Rock Stadium on December 20, was set to be the first LaLiga match held outside Spain and the first European league match staged abroad.    "LaLiga reports that, following discussions with the promoter of the LaLiga official match in Miami, the latter has announced its decision to cancel the event due to the uncertainty generated in Spain in recent weeks," LaLiga said in a statement.     "LaLiga deeply regrets that this project, which represented a historic and unparalleled opportunity for the internationalization of Spanish football, cannot go ahead.     "The staging of an official match outside our borders would have been a decisive step in the global expansion of our competition." (Production: Horaci Garcia, Miguel Gutierrez, Kurt Michael Hall, Andy Ragg)

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