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The president of the Spanish Football Federation's (RFEF) Competition Committee has rejected LaLiga's request to postpone Sevilla-Barcelona this month. Villarreal's game against Alaves has also been ordered to go ahead.
LaLiga had requested they both be postponed due to a clash with South American World Cup qualifiered but the RFEF have ruled that is not just cause to move the games, scheduled for Sept. 11.
In a statement released later on Thursday, LaLiga said they would fight the ruling in a bid to get it overturned and the matches suspended.
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