At the final whistle of the match between Athletic and Barça, Iñaki Williams complained at length about the Spanish federation’s choice to play this Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia. The Bilbao striker believes that it makes “no sense” to play this competition far from the Iberian Peninsula.
Succession is assured. If it is customary every season to see an Athletic player complain about the relocation of the Spanish Super Cup to Saudi Arabia, this year it was Iñaki Williams who denounced a decision which “makes no sense “, shortly after the final whistle of the semi-final between Athletic Club and FC Barcelona (2-0 victory for the Catalans).
“It was like playing away today even though there were a few fans there. It’s a shame that such a great match was played so far away, because I think if it had been played closer , the stadium would have been filled with a large number of our supporters”, regrets the captain of the Leones.
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“It’s a shame that we have to play hundreds of kilometers from our fans and families. For me, it makes no sense to play here in Saudi Arabia, but that’s how football works today “, concludes the Ghanaian striker. He is not the first Athletic player to raise his voice against this mini-tournament format relocated to the Middle East for staggering sums.
Before him, Raul Garcia had already criticized this new format put in place by Luis Rubiales, former president of the Spanish federation and today prosecuted by the Spanish justice system for the alleged offenses of corruption in business, unfair administration, money laundering of money and membership in a criminal organization, due to commissions of several million euros paid by Saudi Arabia.
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