Real moan about season start, LaLiga boss hits back ruthlessly | OneFootball

It's not the first time and it won't be the last time that LaLiga president Javier Tebas and Real Madrid will clash. In the latest dispute, it's about the start of the season in LaLiga. The royals will play their first game against Osasuna on August 19th.

And the club doesn't like that at all. Over the club's own TV channel, Real criticized the timing of the game schedule and would have preferred a later start to the league due to the Club World Cup. Because the Spanish top teams like Barça and Atlético had more time to prepare.

The 2025/26 season is "tainted, influenced and manipulated" by Tebas' actions, Real Madrid criticized and accused the LaLiga president of distorting the competition. In the post, the club also referred to a legal article by Miguel Garcia Caba, a lawyer with ties to Madrid, the league and the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). "That was not a decision - that was a slap in the face of sports medicine, logic and competitive integrity. The new season starts distorted, manipulated. One team starts with a clear disadvantage - not by chance, but planned," wrote the lawyer (quote via 'Sportbild').

A point loss in August would weigh just as heavily as one in May.

It didn't take long for Tebas to counterattack on 'X'. At the beginning of the post, he clearly criticized the lawyer: "Miguel, your 'article' - if you can even call it that - has as much to do with law as I do with curling."

In addition, the LaLiga president pointed out that Chelsea and PSG, who were in the Club World Cup final, would partly start even earlier than Real Madrid and "without protests". Other clubs would accept the rules, while the Spaniards would try to bend them. The new season starts for both teams on August 17th, two days earlier than for Real.

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"By the way, it's also surprising that Real Madrid, despite the collective agreement that sets the vacation at 21 calendar days (and ends on July 30th), gave its players four additional days and started preparation four days later. Why? Did the all-powerful already know that the rules would be bent?", Tebas added.

For years, Real has been trying to adapt the rules to their advantage, according to the LaLiga boss.

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