A blow to Paco López's Granada, which is excluded from the Copa del Rey due to improper alignment of goalkeeper Adri López in the match that the Nasrid team won (0-3) against Arosa, which now goes to the second round. Competition considers that the Copa del Rey is a “non-professional” competition, so the lineup of a player with a reserve team record under 23 years of age is not permitted.
The goalkeeper of the Granada subsidiary, Adri López, is 24 years old, so the Single Competition Judge has confirmed that his alignment is not legal and, therefore, he incurs an improper alignment that forces the team to be expelled from the competition. .
“It is not valid for a footballer who is 23 years old as of January 1 of the current season, and registered in the dependent team, in this case the Club Recreativo Granada “B”, to align with the first team of the main chain. -Granada C.F.- since this option is only allowed for footballers with the status of goalkeeper, and only in professional competitions, and in our case, the Spanish Championship/S.M. Cup. the King, without any doubt, is an official competition of state level and non-professional nature (article 209 of the General Regulations)”, states the resolution made public today.
With the expulsion of Granada, Arosa will be the team that will be in the second round draw next Wednesday (1:00 p.m.). In addition, the Federation imposes a financial fine of 6,001 euros on the Nasrid team. The Andalusian club has ten business days to file an appeal before the Appeal Committee.
