The Spanish league says plans for Barcelona to play a regular-season game against Villarreal outside Miami in December have been called off.

La Liga saw their plans of staging Villarreal vs. Barcelona at Hard Rock Stadium dashed. La Liga’s dreams of hosting a domestic clash between Barcelona and Villarreal in Miami were abruptly shattered after a wave of protest denounced the historic first.

The American conglomerate that owns Premier League outfit Burnley completed a majority takeover of Espanyol earlier this month. In a recent interview, Alan Pace, the American businessman overseeing the sporting operations at both clubs,