MADRID (AP) — It took an intervention by the government — and an eight-hour meeting — to bring some peace to the relationship between the Spanish league and the Spanish soccer federation.
Apparently concerned with Spain’s image ahead of a joint bid with Portugal for the 2030 World Cup, the sports council brought together the league and the federation for a meeting this weekend and said both parties came to terms on several issues, finally leaving behind longstanding differences and agreeing to work together instead of against each other.
Spanish media called it the “Viana Pact,” as the deal happened in a government building called Palacio de Viana.