Friday, August 26, 2011

The footballers' strike has been called off

The footballers' strike has been called off

The Asociacion de Futbolistas Profesionals (AFE) has called off the strike scheduled for the second day of league action after reaching an agreement with the Liga de Futbol Profesional (LFP). So there will be football this weekend after all.
First league match moved to 22 January and 22 January 2nd leg first match moved to 2 may 2012.
The footballers' strike has been called off now that an agreement between the Association of Spanish Football Players and La Liga has been reached. Real Madrid's Week 1 match against Athletic Bilbao will now be held on 22 January. The game scheduled on that date, also against Athletic, will be played on 2 May.


Now that the AFE strike is over, the league season can begin with matches in the First and Second Divisions. Barcelona play Villarreal at the Camp Nou on Monday (19.00 GMT).The AFE and LFP have proposed to the RFEF that the cancelled first day of action can be played instead on January 22, when the second half of the season was due to start (which will be moved to May 2 and will be the second to last day of matches).

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