The first day of the next League will be affected by the World Cup. The employers maintain the idea of starting on the weekend of August 15, despite the fact that David Aganzopresident of AFE, indicated a few days ago that they were going to try to delay it. Of course, that beginning will have an asterisk, and that is that the 20 clubs will not play, but there will be some matches that will be played 10 days lateras explained Javier Tebas this Tuesday at the presentation ceremony of the LaLiga Cities Network.
Tebas assured that they will comply with the three weeks of vacation for all footballers and that they will set the schedules depending on the teams most affected by the World Cup. Those who have more players who reach at least the quarterfinals will start LaLiga later. They will play their match on the first day after the second day is played and before the third day is played.
“What is established in the AFE collective agreement will be fulfilled for all players. And it is not only that, we are going to be much more explicit, there will be three weeks of rest for the players not related to the date of the last game that may be and now I will explain myself in the World Cup final, and three weeks of preparation for any team. We have done a study and it is very easy that we can divide the first day into six games around August 14 and another 3 or 4 on a Wednesday during the week in August. So, the first day, what will be divided and what will be is that everyone, all the players and the clubs will have their players their 21 days of vacationwhich is what the collective agreement establishes, and the clubs are going to have their three weeks of preparation,” Tebas began explaining.
The president of LaLiga continued his presentation: “Let’s see, not all the players play in the World Cup, the first of all is that it seems that all the players play in the World Cup. We have 70 players, not all of the players even get to play in the quarterfinals. We have done a historical study and a very large part of the players in the first phase, which ends June 28, those players are perfectly prepared to be able to play on August 14, even those who finish on July 4. We have seen that circumstance can fundamentally occur, due to the teams that have historically qualified for the final, semifinal and quarterfinals, it can occur in four Spanish clubs that would theoretically be the most affected, which are Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atlético de Madrid and Athletic, which has quite a few players in the Spanish team. But if there is another club in those circumstances, then those clubs would not start on August 14, they would start later.on a Wednesday during the week of August, which allows me to have the 21 days of vacation established by the collective agreement and the three weeks, which no one anywhere says, three weeks of preparation.
These postponed matches would not be played between the first and second matchdays, but rather between the second and third. That is, ten days after the start, because we must give time for the footballers who go further to enjoy their vacation. “Between the second and third is the idea, because otherwise it would be too fair, that is the idea. We will have to see the moment because I am saying four games but it could be two, it could be one, it could be everything, because it could also be we can set up confrontations… depending on how we put them, and they can also be more. It will have to be seen, but the firm will above all is to comply with what the collective agreement establishes and I believe that the collective agreements are there to comply with them and that is why we sign them and if on top of that we give the three weeks that seems to be the preparation phase that the football clubs want, it should not be any type of problem. “
Difference compared to last year with Madrid-Osasuna
Javier Tebas was questioned about why this year matches are postponed on the first day of the World Cup and the past was not done with Madrid-Osasuna after the whites reached the semi-finals of the Club World Cup.
“Let’s see, Real Madrid had 19 days of vacation to be able to do it. We are talking about only two days of difference. It is not the same, it is not the same circumstance, it is a Club World Cup that is voluntary, you go to the Club World Cup voluntarily, you do not go there compulsorily. and in tournaments that are mandatory we like to have coherent measures, in tournaments that are voluntary we do not have to do so,” responded the president of LaLiga.
