The West Australian government remains adamant that Perth will host a Serie A match between AC Milan and Como next year, despite the cancellation of a planned fixture between Barcelona and Villarreal in the United States.

With the San Siro set to be unavailable due to the Winter Olympics , Italy's football federation (FIGC) gave the green light for the Rossoneri to stage its Feb. 6 clash with Como in Perth in July , describing the opportunity to bring a Serie A fixture to Australia as "historic."

UEFA "reluctantly" gave its approval for the fixture, as well as a LaLiga game between Barcelona and Villarreal in Miami, earlier this month. However, following widespread backlash in Spain, LaLiga announced on Tuesday that it had cancelled its planned fixture, citing the "un

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