Last night, FC Barcelona won 3 to 0 against Osasuna in late match of the 27th day of Liga. But the pamplon -based training has it bad. Indeed, several Iberian media have announced that it was planning to take a complaint since the abutments would have violated a point of the regulation by playing Iñigo Martinez, which was forfeited with the Spanish selection. Osasuna is based on this specific point: “If a player does not participate or withdraw from the national team due to an injury, he cannot play with his club during the five days following the last match of the international window, unless the National Federation expressly frees the player.” This afternoon, the Liga stable decided to go after things and published a press release.
“The Atlético Osasuna club has today appealed to the competition commission of the Spanish Royal Football Federation (RFEF) concerning the bad alignment of FC Barcelona during the match last night at the Lluís Companys stadium. The club considers that the participation of footballer Iñigo Martínez in the match of yesterday violated article 5 of Annex I of the FIFA regulation on the status and transfer of players, who stipulates that a player who does not join his national selection for medical reasons, or who leaves the selection, cannot play matches for his club for five calendar days after the end of the international period. On March 17, the Spanish Royal Football Federation announced on its communication channels that footballer Iñigo Martínez had been removed from the team for medical reasons, more precisely because of an “internal paramenisitis in the right knee, as reported by FC Barcelona”. Likewise, on the same day, the withdrawal of the players Marc Casadó and Bryan Zaragoza from the Spanish national team was announced for medical reasons. Saragosse was the only team to join the training camp of the Spanish national team to be assessed by their medical services. It is obvious that, in accordance with the aforementioned FIFA regulation, none of these players was eligible to participate in the 27th day of yesterday of the EA Sports Laliga match, because the deadlines established by the regulations were not respected. Since a sick leave is the justification for withdrawal, as the RFEF itself communicated, the Atlético Osasuna club understands that this case cannot be considered as an exceptional situation which would make the regulations of the FIFA inapplicable. The Navarrais club considers the release of Gerard Martín, Pablo Torre and Fermín López of their second commitment with the Spanish national team under 21 as a separate question, because their withdrawal was not justified by a medical reason. However, the Atlético Osasuna club believes that Iñigo Martínez, whose absence of the Spanish national team was due to medical leave, was not eligible to play yesterday in accordance with the FIFA regulation. Faced with this observation, the Navarraise entity has decided to file an abusive alignment in order to defend its rights, the equity of competition and the equality of all its participants. ” It remains to be seen whether the Spanish Federation will penalize Barça or not.
