Real Madrid was eliminated Friday in the Copa del Rey, sanctioned by aligning Wednesday's 3-1 win against Cadiz Russian Denis Cheryshev player who weighed about a suspension from last season.
The judge of competition of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) considered "undue" Cheryshev alignment, "giving the match lost to Real Madrid CF and settled the tie." The penalty is accompanied by a fine of 6,001 euros ($ 6,520).
Real Madrid reacted by announcing, in a statement, that "present the appropriate resources, assured that the final outcome will be favorable to the club."
Its president, Florentino Perez, had already ensuring Thursday that the club was unaware of the suspension of Russian player and argued that there was no improper alignment because "nobody had notified the player that penalty" personally.
In his ruling, the judge "recognizes that the Royal Spanish Football Federation not personally notified of the sanction the player Cheryshev, which is the only way to effectively sanction the copper, as exhaustively set out in Article 41.2 of the Disciplinary Code," insisted the statement Of the club.
Cheryshev, author of the first target goal, was booked on March 6 when he still played for Villarreal in the second leg semi-final against Barcelona, which he assumed his third yellow card in the tournament butler and consequently a match suspension.
The judge found that the Russian player neglects their punishment is comparable to "a professional driver does not know or remember that you have taken points from his license" "recklessness".
The president of the Spanish Football League, Javier Tebas, considered this excessive Friday excluding Madrid.
"He seems a little disproportionate for the Real Madrid (...) is out of the Cup, to me what hurts me is that a team like Real Madrid did not continue in the competition for a circumstance like this," he said."Errors he commit all," he added.
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The merengue club was investigated following a complaint lodged by the Cadiz, which reacted Friday "obeying" the decision.
"The Cadiz can only regret what happened. At no time this club has wanted to be star of the Copa del Rey tie, rather than the party which led to our city, welcome the visit of one of the most important entities world football, "he said.
The elimination of Real Madrid in the tournament butler is a new blow for the club, which in recent months has continued to suffer setbacks both on and off the field.
The failed signing of Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea and Iker Casillas output, a worrying series of injuries joined, after which came the heavy defeat against Barcelona in the league (4-0) on November 21, the Karim Benzema situation, accused in an alleged blackmail, and now this sanction.
Although it has been ranked in the Champions League as group winners for the second round, launched in the Spanish League in third place with 27 points, six behind leaders Barcelona, and two behind second-placed Atletico Madrid.
Real Madrid is so out of a competition that sometimes serves to save a season without results on other fronts.
The last time the merengue club was eliminated in the early rounds of the Cup was in the 2009-2010 season in the famous "Alcorconazo". The team full of stars and Manuel Pellegrini on the bench, lost the tie 4-1 (4-0, 0-1) against lowly Alcorcón that time militated in Second Division B (Spanish third division).
Nor is this a first for coach Rafa Benitez, who in the 2001-2002 season when Valencia was technically has already been eliminated from the Copa del Rey by improper alignment, this time for having aligned to four non-EU players simultaneously .
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