"Football is more than Real Madrid and Barcelona. How many times in the 38 matchdays does one team rest more than another? And when do they complain? A league is not always aware of how much rest the big teams get and the La Liga President cannot be counting the seconds that each one rests," Javier Tebas states in an interview which took place at the event 'Marca Sport Weekend' in Marbella. Sergio Ramos stated that Madrid "are at a loss" due to the change in timetable.
"Last year it was the other way around, Barcelona played us with lest rest. It's funny that they don't protest, because they don't play in the SuperCup finals on the same day. It is so difficult to play both matches on the same day. Then there's Easter, Christmas... Someone has to play in the Three Kings parade. The match has been scheduled for 21:00 when the parade in Vigo and the delivery of keys to the Three Wise Men has finished", he said about the Celta-Osasuna match that is held on January 5 and has caused criticism among some players.
About the SuperCup in Saudi Arabia, Tebas criticised the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), direcetd by Luis Rubiales, who highlighted that it will be the "SuperCup of equality" despite being a country that does not respect diverse social rights, such as those of women.
"The issue of Arabia is really tremendous. They are a focus of piracy, which for us is terrible. I hear the excuses that Rubiales makes to go and I think we have to propose the Prince of Asturias of Concord to the friend Luis Rubiales, because it is incredible the excuses he gives, it seems that he will fix the problems of women in Arabia," ironised Rubiales.