Barcelona face the prospect of disqualification from this season’s Copa del Rey for fielding an illegible player against Levante, report El Mundo.
The report claims that one of Barca’s players for their defeat last week – Juan Brandáriz , better known as Chumi – was not sanctioned to play in the match due to being banned whilst playing for the club’s B side.
The report cites the disciplinary code article 56.3 as stating: “The sanctioned player will not be able to feature in any of these teams or clubs until the number of days to which the sanction applies expires.”
Article 76 of the Disciplinary Code of the Spanish Football Federation is also quoted: “A club that improperly aligns a player for not meeting the regulatory requirements to participate in a match, will lose this match, declaring their opponent the winner with the result of three goals to nil, unless they have obtained a higher score.
“If the competition is for points, in which case this will be maintained, or if it was in an elimination match (as would apply in this case), the outcome in question will be resolved in favour of their opponent.”
El Mundo cites ‘legal sources’ as claiming expulsion from the competition – of which Barca have won the last three editions – is a real possibility.
Three seasons ago, Real Madrid were expelled from the competition for fielding Denis Cheryshev against Cadiz.
Kuncnort
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So, Chumi can't play a role to victory? Why is it a risk to play Chumi. Hope himself don't read newspapers or he would feel discouraged!
janabarca
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its not chumi its our whole back.line don't target player.Miranda is also a reason so stop.pointimg someone
zusacpty
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I don't think the Spanish Football federation have the the guts to disqualify Barcelona from Copa Del Rey the way they did to Real Madrid couple of seasons ago
tropicalda
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The suspension of Chumi, for receiving a fifth yellow card, only pertains to the same competition, therefore he could not play in LaLiga or Segunda B, but in Copa del Rey there is no improper alignment.
yeah00
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He was banned with the B team in the segunda B team, Im not sure what are the rules in this case but it’s different than Cheryshev’s case who was banned from Copa itself.
ParthSadariya
94
please disqualified barca so we concentrate on winning ucl and la liga
godykemanutd
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i Don't know much about the rules but based on the article and rules the quoted, Barcelona is as good as been eliminated that is if the committed the offense in question . The rules was not meant to favour any club "the disciplinary code article 56.3 as stating: “The sanctioned player will not be able to feature in any of these teams or clubs until the number of days to which the sanction applies expires" the WORD ANY" means in all competition Spain. you can't feature in any of the team until your sanction expires
Kobbyk
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Hahaha first of all even the President of Levante knows they have no case to complain, just making stories because it's Barca.. The issue of Danis Chyreche and Chumi is not the same. 1) It's not the same competition, Chumi is suspended for five yellow and it's said to be a maino suspension. NOTE ; Real Madrid fielded Vázquez yesterday against Leganes even though he's serving a suspension from a red card in the league match simply because it's not the SAME COMPETITION. 2.) Levante had 48 hours to make that protest, now time pass.
Emmanuel1651
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Some people are just Talking as if they know the Law in Spanish football. My Question is, Why did Valverde Used Him at the first place? To avoid Any Thing like this. Levante have a very strong forwards, And Valverde is using The little boy that can not Stop A. T, The striker of Villarreal B Team. to come and stop Levante forwards that scored 5goals past Barcelona. I keep on saying this and I will never stop saying it, Valverde Can not Coach a Team like Barcelona.
tropicalda
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Nothing is literally going to happen why is everyone losing their head. Lucas Vasquez got a red card in the league and proceeded to start the next copa game just a couple of weeks ago. Chumi's red was in a league game. Stop embarrassing yourselves by throwing baseless digs.