The Spanish first division club CA Osasuna said it failed to appeal to the European Football Union UEFA against the threat of exclusion from the upcoming Conference League competition.
The club from Pamplona also announced that it wanted to take legal action before the Cas International Court of Arbitration for Sport. The background to the dispute is match-fixing in 2014.
Three years ago, a court had therefore sentenced professionals, officials and entrepreneurs to long prison terms. It was about the fact that two professionals from Betis Sevilla had been paid money so that the Andalusians made a special effort against Osasuna rivals Real Valladolid on the penultimate day of the 2013/2014 season.
In the coming days, UEFA would like to announce why the objection had also been rejected, according to the club’s statement. Osasuna complained that the arguments presented last Friday were not considered. The club points out that the Spanish judiciary described him as a “victim” of the machinations of some officials in the 2020 criminal trial.
The club had accused the Spanish association of being neutral in the dispute. The association reacted outraged and emphasized that they had supported Osasuna very well. Osasuna had qualified for the next edition of the smallest European club competition for the first time in the past season by being seventh in the table.