{"id":138282,"date":"2025-09-12T09:40:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T09:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/138282\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T09:40:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T09:40:07","slug":"uefa-delays-decision-on-allowing-domestic-games-abroad-and-vows-to-consult-fans-uefa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/138282\/","title":{"rendered":"Uefa delays decision on allowing domestic games abroad and vows to consult fans | Uefa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Uefa has postponed a decision on whether to allow domestic league matches to be played abroad and promised a consultation with \u201call stakeholders \u2026 including fans\u201d regarding the controversial plans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The move casts uncertainty over proposals to play <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/villarreal\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Villarreal<\/a> v Barcelona and Milan v Como in the US and Australia respectively this season. Consultation is expected to begin soon, however, perhaps leaving the door open for those matches to go ahead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The decision came after a meeting of Uefa\u2019s executive committee on Thursday and will come as a relief to supporters\u2019 groups who have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2025\/sep\/01\/fifa-uefa-football-supporters-groups-block-domestic-league-matches-abroad\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">united in outrage<\/a> at the proposals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A Uefa statement said: \u201cThe committee acknowledged [overseas fixtures] as an important and growing issue but expressed the desire to ensure that it has the views of all stakeholders before coming to a final decision. There are many issues to resolve and as the European governing body, Uefa has a responsibility to take all such factors into account. As a result, no decision was taken today but Uefa will undertake a round of consultation with all stakeholders in European football \u2013 including fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Leading supporters\u2019 groups said last month in a letter to Fifa\u2019s secretary general, Mattias Grafstr\u00f6m, that moving games abroad would undermine sporting integrity while \u201creducing clubs to entertainment products detached from their tradition and communities\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Football Supporters Europe (FSE) welcomed Uefa\u2019s consultation and said the move showed the governing body\u2019s \u201cdedication to preserving the integrity of European football\u201d. An FSE spokesperson said: \u201cThe specific mention for fans to be involved in this engagement demonstrates that Uefa has recognised the strong opposition expressed by millions of supporters across the continent, as well as those of the many other stakeholders who have spoken out against these plans \u2026 Our position remains unchanged: European football belongs to our stadiums, our cities, our communities \u2013 one domestic match abroad is one too many.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The next meeting of Uefa\u2019s executive committee is scheduled for 3 December in Nyon, Switzerland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Uefa has postponed a decision on whether to allow domestic league matches to be played abroad and promised&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-138282","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}