He FC Barcelona The afternoon of March 27 was imposed by a score of 3 goals to 0 over the Osasuna and with that it was possible to distance from Real Madrid in the fight for the title, however, the rival of the culé team, challenged this March 28 the match for the alleged undue alignment of Iñigo Martínez.
“The entity understands that the participation of footballer Iñigo Martínez in yesterday’s meeting (Thursday, March 27) has violated article 5 of Annex I of the Statute Regulations and the transfer of FIFA playerswhich specifies that a player who does not join the call for his selection for medical reasons, or abandons it, will not be able to play meetings with his club during the five calendar days after the end of the international period, “says the Pamplona entity.
This is because the Spanish defender was convened for his selection to play the parties of the League of Nations, however, He did not appear with the national team for problems in his right knee.
The Spanish Federation distrushed him, as well as Marc Casadó and Bryan Zaragoza, also for medical reasons.
Osasuna challenges the result against Barcelona
“Osasuna understands that this case cannot be accepted to any exceptional situation that does not applicable the FIFA regulation,” says the Osasuna Club.
The team concludes that “Iñigo Martínez, whose non -appearance with the Spanish team was limited to a medical leave, was not skilled to dispute yesterday’s meeting according to what was stated by the FIFA regulation.”
Osasuna would wait for the competition committee to analyze the case and make the decision they expect: give them the party for cattle.
Barcelona vs Osasuna was planned to originally play on March 8, however, it had to be postponed due to the death of the culé team doctor Carles Miñarro.
It should be noted that Osasuna is one of the teams that are in the middle of the table in Spain and struggles not to descend. For now accumulates 33 points and there are only six units that separate the Second Division from the first box.
To give the Osasuna dispute valid, Barcelona would lose the points and be matched again with Real Madrid. The culé picture would continue leader due to goals difference, but the fight for the title would be more tight.