MADRID, 4 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
LaLiga has confirmed that the duel on the thirteenth day of LaLiga EA Sports between RCD Mallorca and Cádiz CF, scheduled for Sunday, November 12, is postponed due to the new date imposed by FIFA for the Kosovo-Israel qualifying dispute for the Euro Cup, also postponed at the time due to the conflict between Israel and Palestine and which would force the vermillions to do without Kosovar striker Vedat Muriqi.
“LaLiga, once the affected clubs have been informed, has requested the RFEF Competition Judge to postpone the RCD Mallorca-Cádiz CF match on Matchday 13, initially scheduled for Sunday, November 12, as a consequence of the extension of the period national team international established unilaterally by FIFA,” LaLiga confirmed.
Furthermore, the employers’ association regretted that, “once again, FIFA makes these types of decisions about the calendar without taking into account or agreeing with the domestic competitions.” “As already happened in 2021 with the international period for CONMEBOL teams, FIFA, unilaterally and without any prior agreement with the domestic competitions, has decided to extend the international period for the players of the Israeli and Kosovo national teams by three days. who must recover their postponed match in October,” he indicated.
“This period was initially established from November 13 to 22 and has now been extended from November 10 to 12 for the players of these two teams, coinciding with Matchday 13 of LaLiga EA Sports,” he added. “RCD Mallorca has received notification of the definitive call-up of its player Vedat Muriqi to play in the Kosovo-Israel match, which affects the RCD Mallorca-Cádiz CF match,” he continued.
For this reason, and as was done in 2021 with the extension of the window for the CONMEBOL teams, LaLiga requested this Saturday from the RFEF Competition Judge the postponement to “try to reduce the impact of this situation on the competition.” .