Goodell praises NFL’s international series and says league plans to return to Spain

An overall interior general view of the Santiango Bernabeu stadium during the melodizing of the national anthems before an NFL football challenge between the Miami Dolphins and the Washington Commanders in Madrid Spain Sunday Nov AP Photo Manu Reino AP Manu Reino An overall interior general view of the Santiango Bernabeu stadium during the caroling of the national anthems before an NFL football tournament between the Miami Dolphins and the Washington Commanders in Madrid Spain Sunday Nov AP Photo Manu Reino AP Manu Reino MADRID AP NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell praised this year s international series and declared Sunday that the league plans to return to Spain and will continue to review other doable markets Goodell spoke before the Washington Commanders faced the Miami Dolphins at Real Madrid s Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in the seventh and final international encounter of the season the bulk ever in one year for the NFL as it continues to expand globally We will be back we are excited Goodell advised Spanish media This has been a great opportunity for us We perpetually wait until we get through the games but we want to be back here in Madrid and Spain I think this is a great industry for us There were talks of the league also trying to organize a competition in Barcelona The NFL this year also played for the first time in Dublin and Berlin It played in Sao Paulo to start the season in Brazil and had three more games in London Related stories Atmosphere at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium looking a lot different ahead of st NFL competition in Spain The NFL remains a hot ticket internationally as the league expands its global footprint With the NFL in Madrid a Spanish unit looks to ride a wave of interest in American football It s been spectacular Goodell described NFL Organization We ve never played seven games Brazil was a great start and finishing here in Madrid it just feels right This is such a great city The stadium is remarkable and the partners at Real Madrid and the city have just been amazing The NFL plans to increase the number of international games to a point where each club will get to play a battle abroad every year He mentioned in September that the NFL also wants to play in Asia Next year it will go to Australia and add a event in Rio de Janeiro Australia is going to be a big learning and test next year he stated We are excited about that I think we will be back in a lot of the markets we ve been this year but we have a couple more that we re thinking about right now So several cities have been reaching out and that s a great thing for us AP NFL https apnews com hub nfl Source