The FIFA Appeal Commission on Wednesday explained that the CF Pachuca and Club León did not comply with the criteria specified in Article 10.1 of the regulation of the FIFA 2025 Club World Cup and the general secretary of this agency would decide which club to accept and how the León Club would be replaced by the tournament that would take place in the United States from June 14th to July 13th.
In 55 native opinions The public made by FIFA after a decision adopted on March 21, emphasized by an appeal that after a complete government review and the operation of Pachuca and León has shown that their simultaneous participation in the World Cup did not comply with Article 10 of the regulation, which clearly forbids the ownership of some clubs.
“Both people controlled”
And he added that both clubs did not comply with the standards established in Article 10 of the regulation when they showed the participation agreement. Cf pachuca and club león, according to appeal, “Both people control them, giving them a significant influence on their work -making processes.”
“This is proven by its interaction with the Pachuca group, its ownership structures, overlay government agreements, and compliance with MX league’s MX regulations, including shared representation within the MX League framework and the corresponding transfer restrictions,”underline the decision.
“Central Decision -Create under an authority”
For the FIFA Appeal Commission “Multipropiety review clearly indicates a centralized decision making under a single authority, which is inconsistent with the FIFA principles of competitive integrity and freedom of operation.”
“In addition, and as a hypothetical analysis, the fact that in view of both clubs comes in a so -called solution by creating a ‘trust’ about León, it also does not satisfy the standard of regulation,” The FIFA organ argues.
According to the regulation of the contest, the FIFA says, the conditional conditions must be fulfilled at the time of signing the participation agreement.
A sale will not change this matter fund
In Epigraph 182 of the Judgment of Appeal, the FIFA body understands that even the president prevents commenting on the flexibility of alternative options, “It is clear that the sale of one of the clubs could have been a legitimate means to achieve compliance. However, although such a sale was produced today, it would not alter the fact that the defendants breached article 10 of the regulation when they presented the participation contract on February 6, 2025. In factor Simply underline once again that both clubs are subject to a multi -cub property structure, especially if said transaction is carried the participation in the FCWC.
The case, in the hands of the bag
Meanwhile, on April 4, the Court of Sports Arbitration (TAS) confirmed that he received individual resources from Mexico clubs León and Pachuca to announce that both meet the requirements to participate in the Club World Cup this year, against the FIFA decision. That does not include the first one.
The FIFA Appeal Commission on March 21 announced that both competition regulations were violated (Art.10.1) related to many appropriate clubs and, because of this offense, the León Club, T are accustomed to Argentine Eduardo Berizzo and Colombian James Rodríguez with his staffIt is not included here.
The TAS also explained that the Leon also showed an additional appeal against the FIFA General Secretary’s decision to hesitate as a participant in the first edition of the World Cup, which will perform from June 14 to July 13 to the next United States.
The court, who received the resources on 2 days, announced that the parties were exchanging writings related to their appeals, which would be processed according to the accelerated procedure that the parties posted and the hearing was held on Sunday of May 5.
Source: La Verdad
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