La Liga confirmed Wednesday that Villarreal and Barcelona will face each other at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on Dec. 20.
“This match is a historic step that takes La Liga and Spanish football to an all-new level,” Spanish league president Javier Tebas said in a league statement.
He and the league had been pushing for a regular-season game abroad for some time, with the first attempt coming in 2018 with a match between Barcelona and Girona, but the idea was dismissed after criticism from some players, fans and clubs. Its subsequent attempts to play there also failed but the plan moved forward this time after UEFA on Monday gave consent for the game despite opposition from fan groups across the continent.
The European governing body did not oppose the plans by both the Spanish league and the Italian league, which wants to have AC Milan face Como in Australia next year.