Cádiz asks that the League stop until the TAD resolves its appeal in the Elche case

He Cadiz has lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAD) requesting that the League be suspended while his call-up for the “Elche Case”. The Cádiz club announced its decision through a statement signed by the president of the entity, Manuel Vizcaíno.

In it they ask about the challenge of the Matchday 17 match played against Elche that ended with a draw to one. They want the game to be partially replayed, as they consider the arbitration action that awarded an offside goal to the residents of Elche as negligent.

Cadiz indicate that it was influenced by Ponce’s goal, in an action where the striker was in an offside position, so from the yellow club they want the competition not to continue until it is resolved.

Cadiz gives as an example what happened in the UEFA and FIFA competitions. Also remember the national team matches that were partially repeated in their time.

Cadiz statement

In the course of the proceedings that the CÁDIZ FOOTBALL CLUB, SAD following the events occurred last January 16, 2023, in the match played by the CADIZ FOOTBALL CLUB, SAD for ELCHE FOOTBALL CLUB, SAD corresponding to the 17th day of the First Division National League Championship (“The competition Santander”) in which, As a result of unfortunate and negligent conduct by the arbitration group, in particular the arbitrators of the VOR chamber, the CADIZ FOOTBALL CLUB, SAD was seriously harmed, this entity wishes manifest:

1) that today, March 1, 2023, the legal service of CADIZ FOOTBALL CLUB, SADhave appealed against the resolution issued by the RFEF Appeals Committee on February 9, 2022 to the Sport Administrative Court (TAD), whereby the disciplinary bodies of the RFEF declare themselves incompetent know of the applicationchallenge of the party raised by the FOOTBALL CLUB, SAD

2) that, according to Unpleasant said appeal, the CÁDIZ FOOTBALL CLUB, SAD In addition to justifying the competence of the RFEF bodies, be repeated claim of partial recurrence of said Party, retroactive to the time for performance the negligence of the arbitration team, which resulted in a manifest and grave material error, from which the damage results possible irreparable to him CADIZ FOOTBALL CLUB, SAD

3) That claim is consistent with other decisions made in the past by, among others, UEFA and FIFA in the case of official matches between the U.S. national teams.zbekistan – Bahrain and Norway – Englandin which FIFA and UEFA respectively agreed to the partial replay of both matches, this is to avoid the damage and losses that the wrongly adopted arbitration decisions would cause to the teams involved. Similarly, in the Spanish sphere, precedents have been adopted in other sports modalities and even by the RFEF itself, which considered the partial replay of a match to be appropriate and in accordance with the law, to prevent damage from refereeing errors, as happens in our case.

4) That, in addition to the foregoing, in the context of the aforementioned Appeal to the TAD, the CADIZ FOOTBALL CLUB, SAD has requested that precautionary measures be taken consisting of the temporary suspension of the First Division competition (“The competition Santander”), to the effective resolution of the File by the competent authoritiesin our firm belief, based on the law, that this can only be prevented by taking said precaution increase the damage to the CADIZ FOOTBALL CLUB, SAD or, where appropriate, prevent such damage from becoming absolutely irreparable

5) That, in accordance with the foregoing, CÁDIZ CLUB DE FÚTBOL, SAD is of the opinion, and has declared this before the TAD, that the approval of the proposed precautionary measure it is absolutely necessary to ensure the integrity of the competition and warranty the fairness and equality of the clubs participating in it, avoiding one unwanted falsification of said competition, the result of an obvious, serious and negligent technical arbitration error, which is still correctable and reversible at this point.

6) That, for all this, the CADIZ FOOTBALL CLUB, SAD understands that the TAD must swiftly issue a resolution favorable to the interests of the Entity, in our firm conviction that we are supported by reason and the law and furthermore, in the awareness of CÁDIZ CLUB DE FÚTBOL, SAD that any decision violates the exposed would seriously undermine the integrity and self-development of the sports competition in question.