No change. The National Committee of Second Instance ignores Real and rejects the appeal presented by the San Sebastian club to change the date of the first cup tie. Jove Español-Real will be played on Thursday, November 21, at 9:00 pm, as scheduled by the RFEF after the postponement by DANA.
The Committee’s resolution rejects the arguments presented by Real and cites the lack of available dates as one of the main reasons for playing the match on the scheduled date. They understand the club’s reasons for the number of international players who will not be able to attend the match, but are surprised by its argument that they can have up to 20 available and stress that Real has not provided any information on injuries . “Of the 25 players registered by the club, a total of 11 have been called up by their respective national teams, which will leave a margin of 14 first team players available. And this without checking the possible availability of injured player, all the while no information is provided by said club on this issue in its appeal, so this Committee, therefore, can only understand that none of the “absolutely” available player is be sidelined due to injury in Yes, this could lead to the confirmation of the agreed date But the club will recover a relevant number of players after the “break”, as a total of six PLAYERS are playing their matches in their national teams on November 18. a period of close to 72 hours that respects their necessary rest between matches and also provides enough margin for them to participate in club discipline between November 19 and 20, that is, before the dispute of
With this, the club can ensure the availability of at least 20 players from the first team from a temporal and, in principle, also from a physical point of view, since there are 3 days between the international match and the Cup tie This Committee is well aware of the rigor of the established calendar and in many cases it has forced the matches to be held every 6 several days,” it said in part of the 12-page resolution.
On the other hand, he mentioned the impossibility of postponing the derby. “Thus, the option proposed by Real Sociedad de Fútbol SAD is to postpone the National League Championship match between the Athletic Club and Real Sociedad teams, scheduled for Sunday, November 24, and place the Cup match on that date. Such and what was proven in the file initiated by the Judge of
Professional competitions on the initiative of the RFEF Competitions Department itself, this option was initially considered, but was ruled out because, on the one hand, there was no agreement between the clubs involved regarding setting a new date to play said match . of the National League Championship,” he explained.
Source: La Verdad
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