Since LaLiga published the schedules for matchday 30 of the Santander League last Monday, corresponding to the weekend of April 21-23, the Barça-Atlético de Madrid schedule for Sunday the 23rd at 4:15 p.m. has not done any more. to cause headaches and inconvenience: to the blaugrana club, to the authorities due to the coincidence with the Sant Jordi festivity due to mobility and security problems, to the booksellers and florists guild… and also to the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona , organizer of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell-Trofeo Conde de Godó, which will take place in the final that same Sunday.
Given the coincidence of the date and time of the football match (4:15 p.m.) and that scheduled for the tennis final (3:30 p.m.), the organization of the ATP Tour 500 trophy has formally requested the Higher Sports Council (CSD) ) the time change of Barça-Atlético.
“These are two sporting events of general interest, which would be held at the same time, and therefore would force the public to have to choose between following one or the other, both in person and on television broadcasts, thus penalizing audiences. of both”, argues the general director of the Barcelona tournament, Xavier Pujol.
With the addition of the prejudice created by the counterprogramming of the football match – whose schedule was announced on Monday, with the tennis program already closed weeks ago – to a tournament of the tradition and prestige of the Count of Godó, which this year has been surpassed in the registration of first world rackets.
“We would like to show that since the organization of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell-Trofeo Conde de Godó a great effort has been made to have the best registration in history for this 70th anniversary edition, and it would be a pity if this effort was would be penalized for said coincidence of schedules”, says Xavier Pujol, referring to the contest of eight tennis players from the top 15 of the ATP, including Carlos Alcaraz, Casper Ruud, Stéfanos Tsitsipás and Daniil Medvedev.
The request from the organization of the Conde de Godó Trophy is added to the request announced by FC Barcelona to LaLiga to change the schedule, in order to prevent the match from coinciding with the busiest hours of the Sant Jordi festival in the streets from Barcelona.
