"With the San Siro set to be unavailable due to the Winter Olympics, Italy's football federation (FIGC) gave the green light for the Rossoneri to stage its Feb. 6 clash with Como in Perth in July, describing the opportunity to bring a Serie A fixture to Australia as "historic." UEFA "reluctantly" gave its approval for the fixture, as well as a LaLiga game between Barcelona and Villarreal in Miami, earlier this month. However, following widespread backlash in Spain, LaLiga announced on Tuesday that it had cancelled its planned fixture, citing the "uncertainty" generated by the protests."
""The WA Government is committed to bringing Serie A to Australia for the first time and we're confident in the support shown by Football Australia, both teams and Serie A to date, as we await sign off from the AFC and FIFA to make this a reality," Rita Saffioti, who serves as West Australia's deputy premier in addition to being its minister for sport and recreation, told ESPN in a statement."
"The West Australian government remains adamant that Perth will host a Serie A match between AC Milan and Como next year, despite the cancellation of a planned fixture between Barcelona and Villarreal in the United States."
Western Australia remains committed to hosting AC Milan's Serie A match against Como in Perth next year and is awaiting AFC and FIFA approval. The FIGC approved moving AC Milan's Feb. 6 clash with Como to Perth in July because San Siro will be unavailable due to the Winter Olympics. UEFA provided reluctant approval for both the Serie A fixture and a LaLiga Barcelona–Villarreal match in Miami, but LaLiga later cancelled the Barcelona–Villarreal game after widespread backlash in Spain and cited uncertainty from protests. The WA government says it has support from Football Australia, both clubs and Serie A.
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