Madrid's final appeal against Copa disqualification denied
The Spanish Sports Ministry’s Administrative Court rejects club's petition. Real can take the case to the civil judiciary.
The Spanish Sports Ministry's Administrative Court (TAD) has rejected Real Madrid's appeal against the club's disqualification from this season's Copa del Rey for fielding an ineligible player against Cádiz. The TAD ratified the earlier decisions of the Spanish Football Federation's Competition and Appeals Committees to uphold Cádiz's complaint over the presence of Denis Cheryshev, who scored the opening goal in a 3-1 win in the first leg match in Andalusia, with the player suspended under Copa rules after picking up three yellow cards in the tournament last season while on loan at Villarreal.
The TAD's ruling signals the end of Real's appeal process within the Spanish sports judicial system, leaving the club with the option of pursuing the matter in the civil courts, as Elche did when administrative relegation was imposed on the club at the end of last season due to financial insolvency. That case ended up in the Spanish High Court, where an earlier decision upholding Elche's appeal to remain in the top flight was overturned by a High Court judge.
The TAD has thrown out Madrid's petition to impose an injunction on the decision of the FEF's committees in order to play the return leg at the Bernabéu. Failure to do so, Real argued, would cause an irreparable situation in the case that the TAD upheld the club's appeal.
Real had argued that Article 41 of the FEF's disciplinary code states that written confirmation of a player's suspension should be provided to clubs, which did not occur in the case of Cheryshev, according to the club.
If Madrid take the civil court route, as seems likely, and are successful it is probable the club will receive compensation as the possibility of being readmitted to the competition is extremely remote. Cádiz went into the draw for the last 16 earlier in December and were paired with Celta. The first leg matches of the last 16 ties are scheduled to take place on January 6.
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