BARCELONA, SPAIN.-Getafe will start the season in the League with its Coliseum Alfonso Pérez stadium behind closed doors against FC Barcelona, after the sanction received for an invasion of the pitch dating back to 2017.
The Supreme Court, the highest Spanish jurisdiction, revoked the decision of the National Court to annul the sanction imposed at first by the Government Delegation in Madrid, according to a document to which AFP had access.
The fans of the club from the outskirts of Madrid had invaded the grass of their stadium after beating Tenerife in the game that gave the ‘azulón’ team promotion to the first division, provoking the rival fans and forcing the referees to take refuge in changing rooms.
The visit of FC Barcelona is one of the most lucrative matches of the course for Getafe, although the club’s president, Ángel Torres, stated in the AS newspaper that he was sorry above all for the fans, who with this sanction will no longer be able to witness in I live the game “I feel more for our fans than for the economy of the club.”
Getafe will receive FC Barcelona on August 13 on the first date of the championship.
In addition, Espanyol, relegated to the second division, was sanctioned with two games behind closed doors after their fans invaded the pitch of their stadium to try to prevent the celebration of the league title recently won by FC Barcelona that they were holding the players of the Barcelona club.
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2023-07-11 20:58:41
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