Justice includes Numancia in the 'Fuenlabrada Case' process

The 'Fuenlabrada case' that kept Spanish football in suspense throughout the summer of 2020 it has not yet come to an end. The court contentious-administrative center number 2 of Madrid has dismissed LaLiga's previous allegations against the lawsuit filed by Numancia. The soriano club He filed an appeal against the CAS resolution in which said court gave the powers to decide on the 'Fuenlabrada case to the LaLiga Judge and not to the RFEF Competition Committee.

LaLiga tried to paralyze said appeal by Numancia saying that it was not an interested party in the process and that it lacked legitimacy. But the judge has dismissed the allegations LaLiga and the State Bar and does consider him legitimate to present the appeal. “Regarding the legitimacy of the appellant (Numancia) it is true that it was not part of the file in which the CAS decision fell (…), which does not mean that it lacks interest in it. The appellant takes it for granted that the resolution that had fallen on the file processed by the RFEF against Fuenlabrada would have affected the final composition of the Second Division, in its 2019-20 season, by altering the results of matchday 42 “, says the order.

In this way, the appeal of Numancia continues on its way and all parties have 17 days to respond to the demand. The judge will have to decide if Numancia, Deportivo and the RFEF are right in that the federal entity has the power to resolve the 'Fuenlabrada Case' and its possible administrative promotion or the repetition of matchday 42 of the Second Division. In addition, from now on, the RFEF's claim against the CAS resolution will be included in the one initiated by Numancia.