Zurich.- He Club León Mexican was excluded from next Club World Cup In the United States for having violated the regulation on the multipropriety of the participating teams, the FIFA This Friday in a statement.
After opening a process to León and Pachuca, two Mexican clubs belonging to the same owner (Pachuca Group), “the FIFA Appeal Commission (…) has decided not to admit to the León Club in the competition and announce the club that will replace it in due time,” said the instance.
“Both the CF Pachuca and the Leon Club breach the criteria on the property of several teams (…) of the Club World Cup regulations,” added FIFA.
Article 10.1 of that regulation of the tournament stipulates that no participant in the competition may “possess values or actions of any other club participating in the competition or trade with them.”
The Alajuelense, Costa Rican team, had denounced the participation of the two Mexican clubs in the World Cup, whose first edition will be played from June 15 to July 13 in the United States and will feature 32 teams from all confederations.
The Leon Club was framed in Group D of the competition, next to the English Chelsea, the Brazilian Flamengo and Tunisia’s waiting.
Cubarsí loses back
Pau Cubarsí, who suffered on Thursday a blow to the ankle in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Nations League against the Netherlands (2-2), left the concentration of the selection of Spain, the Spanish Football Federation reported Friday.
“After the tests carried out by the medical services of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, it has been decided that the player returns to his club, the Football Club Barcelona, to begin the recovery for the inconvenience he has in his right ankle and that they prevented him from finishing the duel against the Netherlands in the Stadium ‘De Róterdam’,” said the statement of the governing instance of Spanish football.
The 18 -year -old international, who left the grass limbing after a kick of Memphis Depay in the first half, will miss the return on Sunday in Mestalla in front of the ‘Oranje’.
According to the Spanish press, the coaching staff intended to wait until Sunday to verify the evolution of the ankle and decide its participation, but without jeopardizing the health of the footballer.
Barça, meanwhile, preferred that Cubarsí returned to the city to start recovery as soon as possible.
