The Sports Arbitration Court (TAD) communicated this Friday to Real Sociedad that it estimates its appeal against the decision of the Competition Committee of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) to withdraw three points from the classification for not wearing the patch of the federation on their jerseys in several matches, a move that was upheld by the Appeals Committee.
In this way, the San Sebastian team now has 53 points, consolidating itself even more in the second position it currently occupies, since it leads Atlético de Madrid and Granadilla Tenerife by sevenwhich with 46 occupy the third and fourth places.
Six days before the conclusion of the championship, at Natalie Arroyo It would be enough for them to achieve four wins to ensure their presence in the next edition of the Champions League.
Last November, the RFEF Single Competition Judge imposed a sanction of losing three points on Real Sociedad, Levante and Villarreal for not wearing the official patch with the federation’s acronym on the players’ shirts repeatedly in several matches.
The three clubs considered that they did not have to wear the aforementioned anagram, since the regulations only require the patch to be applied in non-professional competitions and both Real Sociedad, Levante and Villarreal defend that the Primera Iberdrola is a professional competition for all purposes.