The Spanish judiciary approves the games on Friday and suspends the matches on Monday

MADRID (Reuters) – The Spanish judiciary on Friday approved local league matches on Friday, but banned them on Monday in a decision that temporarily eases the problem between La Liga and the local federation.
As planned, the new season begins in La Liga on Friday, August 16, with the match between Barcelona and hosts of Basque Athletic Bilbao, according to the decision given by the court in Madrid on Friday.
On the other hand, the two games of the first round between Mallorca and Ibar on the one hand, and the Andalusian neighbors Real Betis and Sevilla on the other, need to be rescheduled.
The court's ruling, which it ruled on, is up for grabs.
According to a statement of the High Court in Madrid, it "partially appreciated the request for interim measures" filed by La Liga, which now had to pay a deposit of 15 million euros.
A dispute broke out between The League and the local federation last Friday and Monday and television rights, forcing them to bring the case to court on Wednesday. The judge had five days to ratify the league's calendar.
The dispute between the association representing professional clubs and the Spanish federation representing all clubs, including amateur clubs, is on the table and the revenue from television rights for the league games, estimated at two billion euros, according to the association.
According to the association, the Spanish federation must approve matches away from the weekend for 30 million euros. For the professional, the change of dates can be interpreted as a violation of contracts already signed "with unforeseen consequences".
The Spanish federation responds to La Liga's stance by saying that the previous agreement with them, which allows the games to be played on Friday and Monday, expired in June, and the current contract does not provide this possibility.
The Spanish federation said it had proposed to the league to hold the games on Friday and reduce the number of matches on Monday, hoping to get "10% of the amount that the games association will receive on Monday and Friday."
At the end of July, the only judge of the Spanish Football Federation decided that the league matches could not be held on Friday and Monday, which meant changing the schedule for the first stages of the league.
The League contested the decision in the hope of suspending it to avoid delaying the start of the league.
The two sides disagree on the merits and have the right to set the league calendar, while "The League" asserts its right to freely determine the dates and times of games, while the Union believes it is the prerogative to determine the time of the games and not the days. in which they will take place.
Monday's matches drew criticism from Spanish fans last season, and many of the stadiums remain empty.
Monday's matches have also attracted criticism in Germany, prompting the federation to promise to stop them from the 2021-2022 season. AP