With Xabi Alonso looking to lay down a marker in his first Clasico as a coach and Hansi Flick looking to match a record set by Pep Guardiola, fireworks are expected

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Barcelona will march into the Bernabeu on Sunday to face eternal rivals Real Madrid in the La Liga season's first El Clasico, aiming to defend

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.

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.

The Spanish league says plans for Barcelona to play a regular-season game against Villarreal outside Miami in December have been called off.

La Liga president Javier Tebas says they will continue to look at playing matches overseas after Barcelona's fixture against Villarreal in Miami was cancelled.

The La Liga match between Barcelona and Villarreal that was scheduled to be played in the United States has been canceled.

La Liga president Javier Tebas didn’t explicitly name Real Madrid during a lengthy social media post lamenting the cancelation of the Miami-based league fixture between Villarreal and Barcelona, but didn’t deploy much subtlety when accusing certain forces of “killing the project.”

Xabi Alonso will face his first Clasico as Real Madrid head coach on Sunday. He has defensive concerns to address for Barcelona's visit.

Spanish league president Javier Tebas says “narrow-minded” views have cost Spanish soccer a great chance to project itself globally after the planned regular-season game between Barcelona and Villarreal in the United States was called off.