ROME (AP) — A decision by UEFA this week to allow an Italian soccer league game between AC Milan and Como to be played in Australia in February is drawing heated responses from one prominent Rossoneri player and Serie A’s CEO.

Milan midfielder Adrien Rabiot described flying 20 hours each way for the game in Perth, which is in a time zone six hours ahead of Italy's, during a key month of the season as “completely crazy.”

UEFA also decided to reluctantly not oppose the tradition-busting plans for Barcelona to play a Spanish league game in Miami in December.

“It’s all about financial deals and providing visibility for the league, which are placed ahead of us (the players),” Rabiot told French newspaper Le Figaro. “There’s all this talk about schedules and players’ well-being but this a

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