Liga F: Spain’s ladies’s skilled league has first matches cancelled
The primary spherical of matches in Liga F, Spain’s new ladies’s skilled soccer league, have been cancelled after referees referred to as a strike.
4 matches have been to happen on Saturday with an additional 4 on Sunday – however all of the matches have been referred to as off.
Girls referees are demanding skilled standing and fee consistent with officers within the males’s La Liga.
On the matches, gamers walked on to the pitch with none officers earlier than the video games have been formally postponed.
The referees and assistant referees, who had introduced a strike on Thursday, stated the league (LPFF) had not addressed their issues and they might not officiate any top-division fixtures “beneath the current working and financial circumstances”.
A press release added: “The referees need to present the absolute best service to soccer and that essentially means having minimal working circumstances akin to these of the refereeing institution of the boys’s skilled competitors.”
The LPFF responded by saying it will “not settle for blackmail” and “that each one groups can be on the pitch for his or her matches on Saturday and Sunday”.
It added that if the officers didn’t seem the league would “proceed to file the corresponding complaints”.
Barcelona, who gained the Champions League in 2021, have gained the Spanish league for the final three seasons.
