On January 21, 2019, while en route to Cardiff, the small plane in which he was traveling Emiliano Sala disappeared in La Mancha, where adverse weather conditions were recorded.
The search for the footballer's body ended two weeks later, when It was found 67 meters deep next to the wreckage of the aircraft. The pilot's body was never found.
In the wake of the tragedy, David Hendersonflight organizer, He was sentenced to 18 months in prison for hiring an inexperienced pilot and transporting the passenger without authorization. In addition, an investigation was opened to clarify the cause of the footballer's death and it was concluded that, before the plane crash, the footballer was unconscious due to intoxication due to toxic levels of carbon monoxide.
The Cardiff v. case Nantes
Although the footballer did not make his debut for the Welsh team, which at that time ended up being relegated to the second division, the FIFA He ordered him to pay the last two installments of his transfer. That is to say, more than 17 million euros.
In a lawsuit filed in Nantes Commercial Courtaccording to newspaper information L'Equipe from France, Cardiff will not sit idly by and will request compensation of 120 million euros from Nantes with an unusual argument.
The AI estimated that Sala would have saved them from relegation
The case presented is for damages, since according to Cardiff City F.C.the goals that Sala could have scored if he had not died, would prevent, andIn the season in which he was signed, the team would have been relegated to the second division.
Based on data analysis done by Analytics Fca company dedicated to the application of football AI. According to analysis done by artificial intelligencethe presence of the Argentine footballer and his goals would have prevented, in a 54.2% the decline of the plaintiffs.
Cardiff claims €120 million from Nantes as compensation following the death of Emiliano Sala. The club hired a Big Data company that calculated the expected goals that the Argentine would have scored and that would have avoided his relegation in 2019. https://t.co/RNdMZlvEOO
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The pass of Emiliano Sala from Nantes to Cardiff, was agreed at 6.8 million euros. But Maurice Nussenbauma legal and financial expert, calculated that the absence of the football player caused a loss of 120 million euros, which is the sum requested as compensation by the Welsh team.
On the other hand, Nantes sued for moral damage and requested a fine for Cardiff City as a result of this new chapter in the tragedy case.
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