MADRID.- The Spanish soccer team, which had planned to face Argentina in the Finalissima on March 27 in Tastewill replace this duel, canceled on Sunday, with a friendly against Serbia in Villarrealannounced the Spanish Federation (RFEF) this Monday.
The duel will be played at the Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal’s home.
The match between the current champions of Europe and South America had been left in doubt due to the attacks suffered by Qatar in the context of the conflict in Middle Eastemerged after the offensive of USA and Israel against Iran at the end of February, and the Iranian response against countries in the region.
Finally, the UEFA announced the cancellation on Sunday after failing to reach an agreement with the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) and the Argentine Football Association (AFA) to find a new headquarters.
In addition to the Finalissima, Spain He also planned to face in Qatar Egyptin a friendly three days later.
At the moment, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has not announced a second preparation match on the last date before the teams gather for the North America World Cup (June 11-July 19).
UEFA leaves Neto on warning
The forward of the Chelsea, Pedro Netowho had violently pushed a ball boy last week during the first leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League against him PSG (5-2), received a warning this Monday, announced the UEFA.
The European body, which had opened disciplinary proceedings against the 26-year-old Portuguese on Thursday, found him guilty of “unsportsmanlike conduct”, but imposed a minimal sanction, with no impact on Tuesday’s second leg in London.
During added time of PSG-Chelsea last Wednesday, when the score was 4-2 in favor of the European champions, Neto snatched the ball from the hands of a ball boy to quickly throw in, causing the youngster to fall.
The incident caused a small altercation before the Portuguese apologized to the ball boy.
After an interruption, the game resumed without Neto being sanctioned by the referee, Alejandro Hernandez.
“I want to apologize to the ball boy,” said the Blues striker after the match.
“We were losing and, in the excitement of the game, I wanted to recover the ball quickly and gave it a little push. I’m not usually like that. I acted under the influence of emotion and I want to apologize,” he added.
