The Appeal Committee of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has dismissed the appeal presented by Real Madrid and confirmed the sanction of a suspension match for the Brazilian Eder Militao, who will not be able to play this Saturday at El Alcoraz against SD Huesca.
Militao was expelled with direct red in the first minutes of the last league match against Levante. After the allegations before Competition failed, the white club filed an appeal before Appeal in which it asked to modify the red card for a yellow card.
“After studying the arguments and allegations of Real Madrid CF, and especially after seeing the videographic evidence provided repeatedly and detained, the members of this Appeal Committee unanimously understand that it is not possible to appreciate a manifest material error capable of misrepresenting the presumption of veracity of the arbitration record, given that the images are, in any case, compatible with what is reflected in the record, “Appeal indicates in its resolution.
Militao cut off “a promising attack”
Likewise, it adds “with respect to the recurring Club’s allegation that there was no” obvious scoring opportunity “but rather a” promising attack “, it can only be reiterated what has already been said on multiple occasions, namely, that the evaluation of whether there is a or any other circumstance forms part of the technical assessment of the play in light of the Laws of the Game, a competence that corresponds exclusively to the referee and on which this Committee cannot pronounce. “
“Thus”, he continues, “whether or not there has been a technical error in the arbitration motivated by the interpretation or application of the Laws of the Game, in no case can it be analyzed or considered by the disciplinary bodies from the perspective of the manifest material error. regulated in the Disciplinary Code of the RFEF “.
“In short, since the images are compatible with what is reflected in the minutes, the manifest material error cannot be appreciated, regardless of whether those images could be compatible with other versions of the events, including the one expressed by the recurring Club that, on the other hand On the other hand, it does not contest that the demolition took place. Mere doubts would not be enough to demonstrate that “clear and patent” error, the only one capable of undermining the presumption of veracity of the arbitration act, “he adds.
The demolition of Militao to Sergio León that cost the Real Madrid player the red (Photo: EFE).