The Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAD) has ruled in favor of Sporting CP goalkeeper Antonio Adana and invalidated the decision of the Disciplinary Council (CD) of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) banning the player from playing for Benfica.
“The Arbitration Panel unanimously decides to recognize the arbitration application submitted by the Claimant as justified. [Antonio Adán] and declares the nullity and invalidity of the actions taken after the Plaintiff filed an objection, and, therefore, the case should be returned to the Defendant. [Federação Portuguesa de Futebol]”, citing the TAD arbitration award published on Tuesday.
Adan was sent off in a 2–1 home win over Maritimo on 13 May after receiving two yellow cards in matchday 32 of the 2022/23 Portuguese Football League I, as he was prevented from playing in the next round. match against Benfica.
The goalkeeper’s appeal was ultimately rejected by the FPF CD, which upheld the ban, with the ruling citing an improper hierarchical appeal as the reason for maintaining the Spanish goalkeeper’s one-game ban.
In addition to the failure to receive documentation in a timely manner due to computer problems related to sending and receiving “emails”, the suspension will also continue, they argued, due to the doctrine of authority of the referee in the case of Thiago Martins, who refereed the meeting and prepared the match report.
TAD now says the goalie has “complied” by sending the defense to the “required email address” and that the computer problems are not his responsibility.
“Moreover, and most importantly, he did this through one of the email addresses that promptly (by message dated July 28, 2022) registered with the Defendant, as required by the latter. If yes, then having completed all the actions specified by the Defendant, nothing more can be demanded from the Plaintiff. If the email received by the Defendant was redirected by its computer systems to the Spam folder and was not detected by it, this circumstance can only be stated. against the Defendant,” the document adds.
The TAD states that Adan’s “ignorance of a properly presented defense is legally unacceptable,” stressing that in practice it amounts to “a failure to grant the right to exercise it.”
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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