The soccer market in Mexico is one of the most important in America, allowing major European soccer leagues to reach a place that allows many profits and for the president of the LaLiga, Javier Tebas, the possibility of playing a Spanish football match on Mexican soil would not be ruled out.
Although one of LaLiga’s original plans was to play matches in the United States, due to business and team ties, a legal dispute with the Spanish Football Federation did not allow them to continue with the idea of expanding into that market.
“Of course we would like to take a game to Mexico, it is a great market for we not only in followers but also in audiovisual value, we have grown by 60 percent. The moment we win the lawsuit that lets us go, changes the federation’s opinion or changes the president of the Federation, it will be within our possibilities to go to Mexico”, commented Javier Tebas.
Spain and Italy expanded their cup tournaments to other countries
The Spanish Football and Italian Fútbo began a process of expansion outside its borders to play matches in countries such as Saudi Arabia and China. However, the legal dispute between LaLiga and the Spanish Football Federation generates certain inconsistencies due to the fact that they prohibited playing a league match in the United States, but the Spanish Super Cup will be held in recent years on Saudi soil, to be a federated tournament like the Copa del Rey.
In the Italian case, the Serie A had a plan that was not entirely successful with the SuperCoppa disputed in China, generating discord among the fans because the match arrived at a place that, in their opinion, has no connection with the country.
France is the only country that has matches in “overseas territories”
The Copa de France is one of the tournaments that is played on all continents, due to the registration of professional and amateur teams in all territories under French rule, where participants can compete for played on two or more continents.
Despite the fact that they tour several countries, the bulk of the tournament is played on French soil and with the final in Paris.
The French Super Cup has had consecutive editions outside French territory since 2009, being disputed all the continents. Precisely, the first edition was held in Canada and the following countries that received the commitment were Tunisia, Morocco, United States, Gabon, Austria, Israel and China in three editions.
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