Granada, eliminated from the Copa del Rey due to improper alignment

2023-11-07 12:55:26

Granada CF has been eliminated from the Copa del Rey this Tuesday to commit improper alignment in their first round match against Arosa. This has been decreed by the sole disciplinary judge for non-professional competitions of the RFEF, José Alberto Peláezin a resolution made public by the federative entity.

The Andalusian club played its cup match with Adrian Lopez as a goalkeeper. This footballer is 24 years old, but he plays for Recreativo Granada, the team’s subsidiary. A circumstance that does not cause problems in LaLiga, but is not allowed by the competition rules of the Copa del Rey.

???? ???????????????????????????? | Resolution adopted by the Disciplinary Judge in reference to the match corresponding to the First Qualifier of the #CopaDelRey between Arosa SC and Granada CF.

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— RFEF (@rfef) November 7, 2023

Granada beat Arosa 0-3

He The Rosewho lost 0-3 on the field, challenged the result of the match as a result of this circumstance and the judge in charge of resolving his complaint has agreed with him, as was foreseeable.

Granada based its defense on the fact that the Cup must be considered a professional competition, but Peláez contradicts its argument, in accordance with both the RFEF regulations itself and the lack of qualification of the Higher Sports Councilthe competent body to provide the different tournaments with the rank of professional.

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In fact, The Cup has always been considered a non-professional competitiongiven that it includes teams that are not teams, as is the case of the plaintiff Arosa, without going any further.

The decision of the single disciplinary judge can be appealed, within a period of 10 days, before the RFEF Appeal Committeebut the precedents give little scope to a possible appeal by Granada, which thus ends its journey in this edition of the Copa del Rey.