Following the announcement of the kickoff time of Sunday, March 19th at 8:45pm for the LaLiga Matchday 28 game against FC Barcelona, Valencia CF have requested the selection of another time slot for this game. This is due to it coinciding with the height of the celebrations of the Fallas festival.

LaLiga, via Javier Tebas, have explained to executive director Anil Murthy the impossibility of changing the kickoff time, owing to existing contractual obligations with television operators.

Valencia CF wish to underline their displeasure with said timeslot, which shows little sensitivity towards the normal following of the game by hundreds of thousands of Valencianistas.

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