La Liga
president, Javier Tebas, confirmed on Monday that the first El Clasico of the
season between Real Madrid and Barcelona will be played on December 23 at 1:00
pm (1200GMT). The clash was
expected to take place on December 20 as part of a full midweek round of
fixtures before Spain’s winter break.
However, given Real
could feature in the Club World Cup final in Japan on December 17, the European
champions have been given extra recovery time. “It will be played on Saturday
23rd at 1300. That is what we have told the television companies,” Tebas told
Onda Cero radio. “That week, given it is Christmas time we will have a very
special round of fixtures with games on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
and Saturday.”
Due to La Liga’s
ambition of rivalling the Premier League’s interest around the world and
getting television rights deals to match, Tebas has engineered radical changes
to kick-off times in Spain with Asian audiences in mind. Real’s 1-1 draw with
Levante on Saturday lunchtime went head-to-head with Manchester City’s
blockbuster Premier League clash against Liverpool.
AFP
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