This weekend’s 2021-22La Liga Round 9 clash between Real Madrid and Athletic Club has been postponed until a later date. It was originally scheduled to take place on Saturday, but it hasbeen canceled, asofficiallyconfirmed. “The CSD has communicated to LaLiga the approval of the precautionary request for postponement requested, corresponding to Day 9 of LaLiga Santander,” said La Liga in a statement.
This request for postponement responds to the already known fact of the extension by FIFA of the international period of Conmebol selections until Thursday night, October 14 (early morning of Friday 15, in Spain).
That affects, among others, the aforementioned clubs due to play their official UEFA Champions League matches on Tuesday 19 October. The dates and times for holding the postponed matches will be communicated by LaLiga in the coming days.”
Real Madrid vs Athletic Club: Why was the La Liga 2021-22 match postponed?
The Spanish Higher Sports Council states that the game waspostponedin order to give Los Blancos’ South American players time to recover after the international break. FIFA’s decision to delay matches for several South American teams, notably Brazil and Argentina, until the early hours of Friday 15 October, has been met with displeasure by clubs across Europe.
Real Madrid has been represented by three players in theSouth American 2022 World Cup Qualifiers between Brazil and Uruguay. For the home side, Eder Militao and winger Vinicius Junior lead theirteam to victory, while Uruguayan midfielder Federico Valverde was alsoin action.
Due to injury, both Marcelo and Casemiro were unable to join the Brazil team, while promising winger Rodrygo Goes was overlooked. Along with theReal Madrid vs Athletic Club matchup, the duelGranada vsAtletico Madrid has also been postponed due to the same cause. You can watch the2021-22La Liga season on ESPN+ in the US.
