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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 19 SEPTEMBER 2018 23 SPORTS FOOTBALL Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Partly cloudy becoming partly to rather cloudy VISIBILITY: Good WIND: Light and variable SEA: Slight SWELL Negligible TODAY POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM 29 º C /22 º C UV INDEX: 7 TOMORROW POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM 28 º C /22 º C UV INDEX: 7 Weather Crossword Across 1. Allowable 6. Lecture 7. Indonesian resort island 10. Browned sliced bread 11. Undo 12. Female fowl 13. Soft felt-like fabric 14. Shut 16. Crustacean 18. Magician 19. Dorset town Down 1. Item having exchange value 2. Cocktail 3. Make smooth 4. Front part of an apron 5. Abrading tool 8. Person engaged in spaceflight 9. Intersection 13. German composer 15. Duck with soft down 17. Bleat of a sheep Fifa president Gianni Infantino critical of La Liga game in US Spain's top-flight has asked permission from the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) to relocate Girona's 'home' match against Barcelona to the US. The game would be played at Miami's Hard Rock Stadium on 26 January. "I think I would prefer to see a great MLS game in the US rather than La Liga being in the US," said Infantino. "In football, the general prin- ciple is that you play a "home" match at "home", and not in a foreign country." La Liga president Javier Tebas responded to Infantino on Twit- ter, he said: "I will remind the president of Fifa that in the MLS, three teams of Canada partici- pate, and Toronto is the current champion, and also in Canada there is another professional league. Canadian teams Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver all compete in the MLS but play home games in their own cities. RFEF, the US Soccer Federa- tion, European governing body Uefa and the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) need to give permis- sion for the game to go ahead. Infantino added: "There are rules, regulations, that everyone complies with. Such a proposal has to be approved by the re- spective associations, by the re- spective confederations and Fifa should also express a view on the matter, not least since it would have implications for football at global level as well." Luis Rubiales, the president of the RFEF, has previously spoken out against the US game. The Spanish players' union (AFE) has also opposed the match and following a meeting with La Liga last week, it said the players would have the "final say". La Liga, Spain's top flight, has agreed to play one game a season in the US as part of a 15-year deal with media company Relevent. Girona is in Catalonia, about 60 miles north east of Barcelona. The club say the match repre- sents a chance for expansion and growth, both for the club and the region. La Liga is planning to subsidise travel and accommodation for fans affected by the relocated match. Fifa president Gianni Infantino says home match should "not be played in a foreign country"