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Speaking to Canal Plus afterwards, Madrid's director of institutional relations, Emilio Butragueno, said: "Nobody informed us that Cheryshev was unable to play. I have spoken to the federation, but we will have to wait and see."

The news is unlikely to be good for Real - especially after Cadena SER published a fax sent to all clubs with a list of suspended players ahead of the latest round of Copa del Rey fixtures. 'Cheryshev (one match)' was clearly mentioned halfway down the list.

While at Valencia, Benitez (pictured below in 2001) fielded four non-EU players in a Copa clash instead of the three permitted in a win over Novelda and his side were thrown out of the competition after their rivals filed an official complaint.

But the most recent and worst precedent for Madrid comes as recently as September this year, when Osasuna were eliminated after fielding an ineligible player in their Copa tie against Mirandes. If, as expected, the RFEF take the same line with Real later this week, they will be kicked out of the competition.

[size=16pt]Why are Real Madrid out of the Spanish Cup?[/size]

Article 67 is very clear on the matter

The competition's regulations clearly state how Real Madrid will be punished for fielding an ineligible player, in this case, Chershev:

"Any club fielding a footballer who is ineligible or does not meet the regulatory requirements necessary to take part in a match, will forfeit said match, and the opponent will be declared the winner with a result of 3-0, unless they already won the game with a better score and the competition was to be decided on points, in which case the original score would stand. If it is a knockout competition the tie will be decided in the opponent's favour. If this isthe case, and there isstill a second leg to be played at the opponent's stadium, the guilty party will compensate the opposition to the sum of its average revenue over the past two cup campaigns".


Read more: Real Madrid: Why are Real Madrid out of the Spanish Cup? - MARCA.com (English version)

bykebyke:
Neymar

Johnpaul88:
They cannot fail to act. Media is awash with the news. Everyone expects Madrid not to play second leg. If they didn't report, another group would do it. As a matter of facts, they have everything to gain by reporting. They get to scale to the next round without kicking a ball for another 90 mins.

MysticZeus:
I know say Enrique go be like this that Moment. ----» ()

bykebyke:
The worst part be say the Cheryshev go score.

MysticZeus:
Personally, I don't see the escaping. Since Osassuna has been punished for same offense already.

MysticZeus:
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Madrid can't escape this!
Fielding 2 ineligible Players.

As Usual, they can Never do things the Right way.


But, if they EVER manage to escape, then, I would assume Spain to be a........

logica:
LOL @ fax. They don't have cellphones? My guess is Real Madrid is yet to recover from the 0-4 drubbing by Barca. They are in shambles.

ollah1:
Fax is always better to Madrid staff hence their slow nature. David De Gea comes to mind

ollah1:
According to Madrid insiders, a higher up in the organization recognized this mistake before the kickoff, and immediately made an attempt to fax a warning to Rafa's staff. Unfortunately, history repeated itself, and the fax was one minute too late just like the late fax on the De Gea deal!! Looks like a trend...maybe they need better IT guys!

stevemims:
"It's a hard decision because Madrid is the best club, but we have acted at the end of the match."- Cadiz president.... Smh

pelvicky:
that's what am afraid of... the stupid President may not report them


and if he fail to report.... LFP can't do nothing


Perez to give him €2m for his poverty club to shut up 4 life

coded01:


But what were the other staff members doing? What about the players themselves?

Austeenx:
Na why I like the guy be that. He doesn't give a F. He even said those boos sound like music to him.

coded01:
Why are you all accusing the coach?

He is a new coach and won't have any idea about the accumulated yellow cards except he is briefed by the Madrid's technical staff...I guess they failed to update him and guess what happened next...

Austeenx:
I now see why Pique is being booed; he's always at the forefront of leading the jibe against Madrid.

logica:
LOL. What kind of lapses are these? Isn't that why you have a MANAGER? Aha!

pelvicky:
they may just ask them to pay money

jstbeinhonest:
Canal+ just announced that madrids,borja mayoral shouldnt be on the bench tonight as he was red carded in the final of the copa del rey juvenil
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Madrid cant escape this,fielding TWO ineligible players.

The consequences for Madrid could be very serious - Osasuna were thrown out of the competition for a very similar offence this season.

bykebyke:
Let me see how Madrid will escape this.

barackohandso:
Na so

sebod:
Una wan kill the guy ni? Haba! The guy don really suffer for una hand. I even learnt he was played a striker in their last match self after trying playing from the midfield to the hole. He will get his groves back soonest.

pelvicky:
never look down on anybody...... munir 4........

Chelseafan1:
both

sebod:
Hazard is not a striker, so e no need watch anything