Villarreal have described LaLiga's handling of the proposed Miami game against Barcelona as "poor," saying the club had "repeatedly expressed its deepest concern" over the event's planning and criticised the organisers of what it called a "complete and utter lack of respect" in the way the cancellation was announced.

The league confirmed on Tuesday that the match between the two clubs -- due to be held at Hard Rock Stadium on Dec. 20, in the first regular-season game in Europe's "big five" Leagues to be played overseas -- would instead be played, as normal, at Villarreal's La Cerámica Stadium.

LaLiga blamed "the uncertainty generated in Spain in recent weeks," while the league's U.S. partner Relevent said there was "insufficient time to properly execute an event of this scale."

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