The Appeal Committee of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) dismissed the appeal of the Real society against the sanction match imposed on Asier Illarramendi for his expulsion with a double yellow in the round of 16 match of the Copa del Rey against Betis.
La Real, which was eliminated in extra time (3-1), appealed to the understanding that there is a manifest material error in the referee's act when it reflects the expulsion of Illarramendi in minute 47, after showing him the second yellow for “knock down an opponent in the contest for the ball in a reckless way, preventing his advance”.
In its resolution, Appeal “recognizes that the existence of contact is doubtful and, therefore, the Club's version is even more plausible than on other occasions in which a manifest material error is alleged in similar cases “.
“But the images of a rapid event and in a certain perspective, examined repeatedly, do not make the absence of contact clear either, that is, the images are also compatible with the existence of contact and, therefore, with what is reflected in the arbitration act, a demolition “, Add.
Appeal insists “that mere doubts, which in this case seem to actually concur, are not sufficient to demonstrate the existence of a manifest material error “ and maintains the sanction imposed by the sole competition judge, which can be appealed before the Administrative Court of Sport (TAD).