CADIZ have demanded a replay of the final nine minutes of their match against Elche after a VAR error cost them a goal.
The game ended in a 1-1 draw after Ezequiel Ponce equalised in the 81st minute for Elche.
But replays showed the striker was offside in the build-up – so the goal should not have stood.
Ponce had strayed beyond the last defender when he ran back to receive a header from his team-mate.
Three passes later and the ball was in the back of the Cadiz net, with VAR failing to disallow the goal.
Now Cadiz are threatening legal action leaves them in the La Liga relegation zone and one point off safety.
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A statement from the club read: “Today, January 17, 2023, the legal services of Cadiz have submitted to the competent federative authorities, a brief challenging the meeting held before Elche.
“By virtue of which the annulment is requested of the well-deserved match and its resumption from minute 81, at which time the refereeing team validated the goal scored by Elche’s Ezequiel Ponce, despite being preceded by a resounding and flagrant offside, not susceptible to interpretation, as shown by the images of the match.
“Quite the contrary, if necessary at the end of the season, depending on the sporting and economic damages that may be inferred from the final classification of Cadiz.
“In the First Division category, this Entity will evaluate the exercise of as many legal actions that assist it in Law, including the action of patrimonial responsibility against the persons, physical or legal, that in the last instance must respond for the damages and losses caused to Cadiz.”
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Cadiz manager Sergio González revealed referee Carlos del Cerro Grande apologised for the mistake after the match, but club president Manuel Vizcaíno says an apology is not good enough.
He told radio Marca: “It was hard to sleep last night.
“There is nothing that can be done for my club now, I just hope it doesn’t happen to someone else.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
