The derby burns. When the waters were lower than usual on the day before one of the hottest duels of the season, a bomb, the granting of precautionary measures to Robert Lewandowski, has exploded and has ended up angering Espanyol.
The parakeet club has published a statement in which it describes the measure as "unusual and unfair after ruling it out by different competent bodies (Competition, Appeal and TAD)". He has also criticized that they have only had access to the resolution after requesting it from different organizations and not because it has been communicated to us, as established by procedural regulations.
Espanyol understands that "the requirements are not met to justify the precautionary measure", and specifies that it is "little defensible having two sanctions of different types, three unfavorable administrative resolutions and an arbitration act with a presumption of veracity that endorse the sanction".
"The club considers that this last-minute decision totally conditions this day, which began yesterday Thursday, and the preparation of the team for this match. RCD Espanyol understands that it is a grievance and an injustice taking into account the precedents with other clubs ", they assure.
And they conclude that "despite this injustice and this unprecedented decision in the competition, tomorrow our team will compete 110% to correspond to the trust of our people."
"RCD Espanyol de Barcelona finds it unusual that, 24 hours after the match against FC Barcelona, and after ruling it out by different competent bodies (Competition, Appeal and TAD), a precautionary measure has been granted for a sanction previously imposed on the FC Barcelona player , Robert Lewandowski.
In this sense, as a party indirectly involved, we have only been able to access the Resolution after requesting it from different bodies and not because it has been communicated to us, as established by procedural regulations.
However, we believe that the requirements to justify the precautionary measure are not met. Specifically, the appearance of good law is not particularly defensible, with two sanctions of different types, three unfavorable administrative resolutions and an arbitration act with a presumption of veracity that endorse the sanction.
Likewise, there is talk of irreparable damage to FC Barcelona without going into assessing the irreparable damage to its rivals and to the competition without giving any possibility of recourse.
The Club considers that this last-minute decision totally conditions this day, which began yesterday Thursday, and the team's preparation for this match. RCD Espanyol understands that it is a wrong and an injustice taking into account the precedents with other clubs.
It should be remembered that, throughout this season, Espanyol has encountered similar situations in which appeals have been filed for the expulsion of its players and in no case have they led to the corresponding committee meeting during the week to study the allegations presented by the club.
Despite this injustice and this unprecedented decision in the competition, tomorrow our TEAM will compete 110% to match the trust of our people."
