MADRID, 9 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Real Sociedad midfielder Asier Illarramendi will be able to play the final of the Copa del Rey 2019-20 against Athletic Club, which will be held on April 3 at La Cartuja in Seville, after the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF ) announced that he must serve the sanction for his expulsion in the round of 16 of this tournament in the next edition.
“The Royal Spanish Football Federation has communicated to the Royal Society early this afternoon that the player Asier Illarramendi will fulfill the penalty match, after being sent off for a double warning in the match against Real Betis in the round of 16, in the first round of the Copa del Rey 2021-2022. The captain will be in La Cartuja in the final on April 3 “, confirmed the San Sebastian entity.
Mutriku’s, starter in the knockout round of a single match played on January 26 against Real Betis at Benito Villamarín (3-1), saw the first yellow card at 26 minutes for a foul on Mexican Diego Lainez . Later, in the 48th minute, the Valencian referee Mateu Lahoz showed him the second card for knocking down the Brazilian defender Sidnei and he had to leave the field of play. Imanol Alguacil’s team was eliminated.
The Basque club appealed the sanction on the grounds that there was “a manifest material error in the refereeing act as there was no contact whatsoever causing a demolition by the player being cautioned.” However, the Single Judge of the RFEF Competition Committee rejected the allegations presented.
The entity ‘txuri urdin’ consulted the federative body if said sanction would affect the next team cup match. Now, he confirms that he will be able to be in the 2020 Cup final against Athletic Club, postponed last year due to the coronavirus pandemic and that it will finally be held on Saturday, April 3 at the La Cartuja Stadium in Seville.