{"id":6653,"date":"2025-10-18T14:58:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T14:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=6653"},"modified":"2025-10-18T14:58:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T14:58:57","slug":"madrids-alonso-protests-over-miami-laliga-game-positive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=6653","title":{"rendered":"Madrid&#8217;s Alonso: Protests over Miami LaLiga game &#8216;positive&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li>Alex Kirkland<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Rodrigo Faez<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"timestamp \">Oct 18, 2025, 06:50 AM ET<\/span><\/div>\n<p><a data-clubhouse-guid=\"66434654-a8ba-a04c-98e5-6bbd0dbbb780\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=86\">Real Madrid<\/a> coach Xabi Alonso backed player protests over LaLiga playing a regular-season game in Miami, describing the move as &#8220;positive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a data-clubhouse-guid=\"58f7c4a9-c991-4ed4-fe5c-1f833cba75b8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=83\">Barcelona<\/a>&#8216;s game at <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"642df16f-cb20-2f25-6e9c-27935022df2e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=102\">Villarreal<\/a> is set to be played at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on Dec. 20, with tickets due to go on sale next week.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, in the first LaLiga game of the weekend &#8212; <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"3003168b-d531-a426-1303-26c500c1794a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=92\">Real Oviedo<\/a> vs. <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"4be854c8-8180-5a6a-b855-35d8ff69448c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=88\">Espanyol<\/a> &#8212; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/story\/_\/id\/46628651\/laliga-players-protest-barcelona-villarreal-miami-usa\" target=\"_blank\">two teams paused for the first 15 seconds<\/a>, in a protest that players&#8217; union AFE said was aimed at the league&#8217;s &#8220;lack of transparency, dialogue and coherence&#8221; in staging the Miami game.<\/p>\n<p>The global television feed of the match did not show the protest, with an exterior shot of the stadium being displayed instead.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re against the [Miami] game, because we believe it influences the competition,&#8221; Alonso said in a news conference on Saturday. &#8220;There isn&#8217;t unanimity among all the participating clubs [in the league]. We haven&#8217;t been consulted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The protests are positive, because it&#8217;s the feeling of many clubs. [The Miami game] has been done unilaterally, and that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re against. If there&#8217;s unanimity, it can happen, but that isn&#8217;t the case.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\" \/><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Xabi Alonso has come out against the proposed LaLiga match between Barcelona and Villarreal in Miami.\u00a0<cite>Dennis Agyeman\/AFP7 via Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>In Saturday&#8217;s early game, <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"9db0d7f2-b091-5122-f29b-397ec1349254\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=243\">Sevilla<\/a> vs. <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"aac87b2a-e910-4080-a8a8-b42a2050b2e0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=84\">Mallorca<\/a>, the players&#8217; protest was briefly shown on screen after kickoff, before cameras cut to the Sevilla bench.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Friday, AFE said captains of the 20 top-flight LaLiga teams were in favor of the protest &#8212; which would take place at the start of all this weekend&#8217;s games &#8212; although the union said Barcelona and Villarreal players had not been asked to take part.<\/p>\n<p>Alonso refused to say whether he would support further action from players, including a possible strike. &#8220;My answer is the same, and our position is the same,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The decisions that need to be taken will probably be taken by others.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Madrid visit <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"b20ff38f-605c-8c4a-81bd-0fe36d44d13a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=2922\">Getafe<\/a> on Sunday and began the weekend two points clear of rivals Barcelona, who host <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"19ffd1a2-11dd-8484-a4d6-1228473ca337\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=9812\">Girona<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Alonso dismissed injury concerns around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/player\/_\/id\/231388\/kylian-mbappe\" target=\"_blank\">Kylian Mbapp\u00e9<\/a>, who returned to Madrid early from international duty this week with an ankle knock.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His ankle is fine,&#8221; Alonso said. &#8220;He&#8217;s in the squad and could start.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/football\/story\/_\/id\/46612318\/is-club-world-cup-blame-chelsea-psg-injury-crisis\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea, PSG hit by injuries but is Club World Cup to blame?<\/a><\/strong><br \/><strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/football\/story\/_\/id\/46623753\/cristiano-ronaldo-tops-forbes-highest-paid-list-lamine-yamal-no-10\" target=\"_blank\">Cristiano Ronaldo tops highest-paid list; Lamine Yamal 10th<\/a><\/strong><br \/><strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/football\/story\/_\/id\/46613292\/will-real-madrids-mbappe-barcelonas-yamal-fit-clasico\" target=\"_blank\">Will Real Madrid&#8217;s Mbapp\u00e9, Barcelona&#8217;s Yamal be fit for Cl\u00e1sico?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alonso also said a possible departure for <a data-player-guid=\"02f672bb-9a67-3576-8c67-ae8f4016f456\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/346612\/endrick\">Endrick<\/a> in January &#8212; after ESPN reported this week that a number of clubs including <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"0946f01d-a5f4-2c8e-c61d-bc162eac3f3a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=176\">Marseille<\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/football\/story\/_\/id\/46612330\/real-madrid-endrick-wanted-multiple-european-clubs-sources\" target=\"_blank\">taken an interest in the forward<\/a> &#8212; was &#8220;not on my mind,&#8221; and he said midfielder <a data-player-guid=\"5cb69fa5-1b68-f9a2-6a44-ad2447aa4337\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/291281\/jude-bellingham\">Jude Bellingham<\/a> was now &#8220;better prepared&#8221; on his return to fitness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jude has been training and preparing, since he recovered from shoulder surgery [in July],&#8221; Alonso said. &#8220;He&#8217;s better. We need the best Jude. He&#8217;s eager to feel good and play well and help the team.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/story\/_\/id\/46634760\/protests-miami-laliga-game-positive-real-madrid-xabi-alonso-alonso\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Oct 18, 2025, 06:50 AM ET Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso backed player protests over LaLiga playing a regular-season game in Miami, describing the move as &#8220;positive.&#8221; Barcelona&#8216;s game at Villarreal is set to be played at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on Dec. 20, with tickets due to go on &#8230; <a title=\"Madrid&#8217;s Alonso: Protests over Miami LaLiga game &#8216;positive&#8217;\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=6653\" aria-label=\"Read more about Madrid&#8217;s Alonso: Protests over Miami LaLiga game &#8216;positive&#8217;\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Madrids-Alonso-Protests-over-Miami-LaLiga-game-positive.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6655,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6653\/revisions\/6655"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}