Rayo Vallecano has expressed its disagreement with LaLiga's request for the suspension of Deportivo-Fuenlabrada “before the federal authorities”, as the club has assured in a statement. A decision whose most immediate consequence would be the award of the last playoff spot to Elche. “We understand that it should not be the team that was awarded this place, taking into account that his match against Oviedo was played in an adulterated way“the franjirrojos argue, on the grounds that circular 93, which refers to the uniformity of schedules in the last two days of the League, was breached.
Rayo's requests are clear. “In case our request for the repetition of day 42 does not prosper, it is decided subsidiarily – as long as Fuenlabrada cannot compete – the dispute of a tie or previous match between Elche and Rayo in order to discern which of these two teams should face Zaragoza in the playoffs“he explains in the official note. Today, the Madrid team is seventh in the standings, one point behind the ilicitano.
Rayo is in line with other clubs such as Deportivo and Numancia, who ask for a League of 24 participants for the next season. “These two teams are affected by the results of Lugo-Mirandés and Cádiz-Albacete, since both (Lugo and Albacete) played their matches without the pressure generated by Deportivo-Fuenlabrada“. A situation that equates to that of Elche and of which the franjirrojo club complains.
The statement concludes with “a Solomonic solution”. El Rayo proposes that “if the League of 24 teams were to be estimated in the Second Division, so as not to damage or collateral damage, a promotion playoff must be agreed with five or six participants (depending on the Fuenlabrada)” An idea that sources from the Vallecano club already revealed to AS yesterday.
This is the full statement:
Rayo Vallecano of Madrid reports that it has expressed its disagreement with the federal authorities of the request made by the Professional Football League to the RFEF Competition Committee consisting of the definitive suspension of the match between RC Deportivo de La Coruña and CF Fuenlabrada , with the consequent award to Elche CF of the square for the promotion playoff dispute. We understand that Elche CF should not be the team that was directly assigned this place, taking into account that the match between that team and Real Oviedo was played in an adulterated way, lacking the pressure that would have submitted the simultaneous dispute of the Real Club Deportivo – CF Fuenlabrada match and before the flagrant breach of Circular number 93 issued by the RFEF concerning the uniformity of schedules in the last two days of the National Championships of the First and Second Division League ( day 42, which came with options to enter the playoff, as did Rayo Vallecano and CF Fuenlabrada).
In this sense, Rayo Vallecano has asked the federal authorities that if our request for the repetition of day 42 does not prosper, it is decided subsidiarily in the following sense, as long as Fuenlabrada could not compete, consisting of the dispute of a qualifying round or previous match between Elche CF and Rayo Vallecano in order to discern which of these two teams should face Real Zaragoza in the playoff.
This responds to the same line of approach used by RC Deportivo and CD Numancia in the League request of 24 participants for next season, whose argument is based on the fact that these two teams are harmed by the results obtained on the CD Lugo – CD Mirandés and Cádiz CF – Albacete Balompié, since both Lugo and Albacete (situation identical and absolutely comparable to that of Elche CF) played their matches without the pressure generated by the match in Riazor, violating everything This is the Circular number 93 issued by the RFEF concerning the uniformity of schedules in the last two days of First and Second, in all matches in which their results affected or could affect the achievement of the title of champion, the permanence of category, access to the classification of competitions organized by UEFA and promotion or demotion.
It should be understood that the same damage, neither more nor less, but the same that the results of Albacete Balompié and CD Lugo generate for RC Deportivo and CD Numancia as the matches do not take place at the same time and dispense with the pressure caused by the RC Deportivo – CF Fuenlabrada, is what generates Rayo Vallecano the result of the match between Elche CF and Real Oviedo.
Having established the above, it is obvious that if the League of 24 teams in the Second Division were to be estimated, as a Solomonic solution to avoid harming or collateral damage due to the irregular dispute on the last day, the participation of Rayo Vallecano in the promotion playoff, of five or six participants (depending on Fuenlabrada) as an intrinsic measure to the previous one.