If there are no last-minute changes, Robert Lewandowski will be able to play the Camp Nou derby against RCD Espanyol after the Central Court of Madrid has granted a precautionary measure to the sanction imposed by the Administrative Court of Sport (TAD)." until the administrative resolution is final". The Technical Committee of Referees has between three and four days to appeal this precautionary measure, according to the FC Barcelona coach Xavi Hernández. Barça will be able to count on the Polish striker until the TAD makes a firm decision on the sanction of the nine Barcelona.
It should be remembered that on December 23, the TAD, which has not yet entered into an in-depth analysis of the matter or given the last word, denied Barcelona the injunction against the three-match ban that the Competition Committee imposed on the Polish striker during the match of the fourteenth day of LaLiga Santander played on November 8 in El Sadar against Osasuna. The TAD clarified that it was not possible for it to conclude the matter without carrying out an analysis of the administrative file.
Lewandowski was sanctioned with one match for his expulsion for double warnings (m.11 and m.31) and two for attitudes of contempt or inconsideration towards the referees, in application of article 124 of the RFEF disciplinary code. According to this verdict, Lewandowski lost the matches against Espanyol, Atlético de Madrid and Getafe.
The minutes of the referee Jesús Gil Manzano reflected that "once expelled and when he was heading towards the exit of the field, the player twice made a gesture of disapproval of the referee's decision, consisting of putting his finger to his nose, and then pointing with thumb towards the referee".
"When he was about to leave the field of play, he repeated the gesture again, looking towards the assistant referee No. 1 and in front of the fourth official," the minutes added.
Subsequently, the Appeals Committee dismissed Barcelona's appeal, which requested that precautionary measures be applied and filed another appeal before the TAD that was also dismissed.
