⚖️ Osasuna Protests Over Barcelona's Improper Line-up | OneFootball

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Osasuna wants to contest the match lost on Thursday against Barcelona due to the improper alignment of Iñigo Martínez.

The Navarrese club has today submitted the relevant appeal to the Competition Committee of the Royal Spanish Football Federation.

What Osasuna argues

The entity believes that the participation of Iñigo Martínez has violated Article 5 of Annex I of the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players.

This rule specifies that a player who does not join their national team due to medical reasons, or leaves it, cannot play matches with their club during the five natural days following the end of the international period.

Iñigo Martínez left the Spain squad on March 17 due to “internal parameniscitis in his right knee as reported in the report received from FC Barcelona."

Osasuna argues that this medical withdrawal disqualified Martínez from playing yesterday, as he did.

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