FIFA expels León and James will not play the Club World Cup

ByDavid Mitchell
FIFA expels León and James will not play the Club World Cup

The FIFA determined that only one of the two teams in the Pachuca group will be able to dispute the United States Club World Cup. Lion of James Rodríguez The affected.

Although León and Pachuca achieved their classification to the tournament for their titles in the Champions Cup of Concacaf of 2023 and 2024 respectively, the regulation of the organization only allows one of the two sets of the Mexican conglomerate. Article 10 of the regulations established it.

In a statement, FIFA stated that “after evaluating all the evidence of the file, the president of the FIFA Appeal Commission has decided that both The CF Pachuca as the Leon Club breached the criteria on the property of several clubs established by art. 10, Apdo. 1 of the FIFA 2025 Club World Cup regulations. Under art. 10, Apdo. 4 of the FIFA 2025 ™ Club World Cup regulations, FIFA has decided not to admit to the León Club in the competition and announce the club that will replace it in due time “

León said that he will go to the last consequences in the highest sports courts.

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The tournament dispute was one of the James Rodríguez’s incentives To sign with the Mexican club in January.

“The Club World Cup greatly influenced, it is a competition that I want to play and my short tournaments are given.

One possibility is that the Colombian dispute the competition with Pachuca because in the middle of the year the football year ends and could be transferred to the other group of the group.

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The club will claim on the desktop its place in group D that it shared with Chelsea, Flamengo and Espérance Sportive of Tunisia.

At the beginning of April he will appear at the TAS (arbitral sport tribunal) to defend his inclusion in this tournament.

According to AM850 Mexico, LFIFA will wait until the resolution of the TAS, to choose the club that could replace it, Together with the Confederation that corresponds, in this case the Concacaf. He will not do it before, not to cause expectations in some other team that is oblivious to the conflict.

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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