He Appeal Committee of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has reduced the partial stadium closure from three games to one Metropolitan Cívitas of the Atlético de Madrid for the incidents that occurred during the derby of the eighth day of the League that pitted Real Madrid against the red and white club. He also reduced the club’s fine to 3,000 euros. The Disciplinary Committee of the RFEF had imposed a fine of 45,000 euros on him.
The Appeal Committee partially considered the Atlético resource for the sanction imposed on him last October 2nd, when the Disciplinary Committee The lower tier at the south end of the field was partially closed for the next three games. He also imposed a fine of 45.00 euros to the club for throwing objects into the area where the Madrid goalkeeper was, the Belgian Thibaut Courtoiswhich forced the temporary suspension of the match.
The red and white team requested the revocation of the sanction considering that the punishable conduct cannot be attributed to the club. Besides. request the reduction of the fine because it is disproportionate, arguing that the correct classification of the infraction would correspond to the article 107 of the Disciplinary Codewhich provides for less severe sanctions for throwing objects than the 107 applied by the Disciplinary Committee.
The Committee maintains part of the sanctions for the “club’s lack of diligence”
The Committee has maintained part of the sanction as it is “responsible for the facts recorded in the arbitration record and in the report of the Reporting Official”, since “the lack of diligence in fulfilling its obligations and adopting decisions has been sufficiently proven.” measures prior to and contemporaneous with the events”.
“The fact that these launches occurred on up to three different occasions reveals that the reactive measures implemented were not sufficient to contain and prevent the persistence of the disorder and, more importantly, to prevent the match from having to be suspended,” he said. affirmed.
The ruling also points out that “even more worrying is that several people in the sectors affected by the incidents remained with their faces covered and masked even during the entire time that the suspension of the match lasted, without the club making any visible effort, or at least “At least he has not been able to prove it in his allegations and written appeal, to identify and expel these individuals from the stadium, which shows a lack of adequate action in that regard.”
“The difficulty of identifying and expelling those responsible for the events does not exempt us from the obligation to try”
“Although the specific area of the stands in which these individuals were located was known, the club did not demonstrate proactive conduct aimed at their identification and expulsion, as required by the duty of enhanced diligence applicable in these cases. Although the club alleges difficulties in carrying out this task, this Committee considers that the difficulty does not exempt from the obligation to try, even if the effort had not been successful,” he says.
For the reduction of the sanction, the Appeal Committee has taken into account the measures adopted by Atlético de Madrid during the suspension of the match, which In his opinion “they were effective, allowing the match to resume and finish normally”.
For this reason, they have applied article 107.1 of the RFEF Disciplinary Code instead of 76.2 that the Disciplinary Committee applied, and understand that the partial closure of the stadium during a match, together with the imposition of a fine set at three thousand euros ” is appropriate, adjusting to the seriousness of the infraction, and proportional”.
The amount of the fine has been set at a lower figure due to the club’s collaboration in identifying the people responsible for the events, included in article 10 of the RFEF Disciplinary Code.
However, the Appeal Committee has not accepted the club’s request regarding the reduction of the sectors affected by the closure, which are seven. They have not been able to refute the referee’s allegations Mateo Busquets Ferrer in the report on the location of the incidents. Therefore, it maintains the closure of sectors 127 to 133 and not only 129 to 131.
The Committee maintains part of the sanctions despite assessing “the effort and additional measures adopted by Atlético de Madrid in an adequate and praiseworthy manner, and considers that, despite this, there are aspects that could have been managed better and measures could have been implemented. additional”.
The Atlético de Madrid-Real Madrid match requires a more robust and specific preventive deployment
“Being a match of maximum rivalryas is any confrontation between Atlético de Madrid and Real Madrid the measures adopted by the club cannot be considered sufficient. In the opinion of this Committee, the match carried a high risk of incidents, given the historical rivalry between both clubs, which requires a more robust and specific preventive deployment,” he added.
In its defense, the red and white team pointed out the adoption of preventive measures, as well as its collaborative attitude during the incident and its collaboration in identifying those involved.
The match was suspended in the 69th minute.
In the arbitration record it appears that in the minute 64 Three lighters and a bottle of water were thrown in the Real Madrid goal area, where the Belgian was Thibaut Courtoiswhich activated the protocol that, in this case, activated a message over the public address system to stop the launches.
The Atlético-Real Madrid derby (1-1) was temporarily suspended in the 69th minute “due to the continuous repetition”, and the teams were ordered to retreat to the locker rooms.
During this week, The Anti-Violence Commission proposed another sanction to Atlético de Madrid for these same eventsindependent of the RFEF, with the complete closure of the stadium for two weeks and a fine of 65,000 euros that must be processed by the Secretary of State for Security.
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