Osasuna filed a complaint with the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) against Barcelona after saying that defender Inigo Martinez was not eligible for the shock of the liga last night between the teams.
FIFA rules stipulate that a player cannot play for five days for his club side if he does not accept an international call.
Martinez did not join Spain for the double leader of the Nations League against the Netherlands – whose return match was played on Sunday – due to a knee injury, but then played the 90 full minutes for Barça in their rearranged match with Osasuna last night.
The match had to be reprogrammed after the original match of March 8 was postponed shortly before kick -off during the announcement of the Doctor of the first Barça team, Carles Minarro Garcia was died.
Minarro Garcia, 53, died at the Team Hotel at the top of the match. He had been working at the club since 2017.
Barça and Osasuna called on the decision to stage the match Thursday due to the fact that the players of the two teams would not be able to play due to the return of international commitments, but it was rejected by the RFEF.
Osasuna complains of “ensuring conditions equal to all participants”
Osasuna has now returned to the RFEF to file an official complaint against Martinez’s participation in a match that Barcelona won 3-0 to move three points at the top of the Liga.
Press release | The Osasuna calls on the alleged ineligible alignment of FC Barcelona in the Laliga match.
– Ca Osasuna (@osasuna_en) March 28, 2025
A club press release said: “The Atlético Osasuna club appealed to the competition committee of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), saying that FC Barcelona had aligned an ineligible player yesterday at the Lluís Company stadium.
“The club arises that the participation of defender Iñigo Martínez violated article 5 of Annex I of FIFA regulations on the status and transfer of players. The regulations indicate that any player who withdrew from their national team team for medical reasons – or leave the camp for the same reason – cannot play for his club within five days of the end of the international period.
“On March 17, the RFEF announced that Martínez had been withdrawn from the Spanish team for medical reasons, citing” the internal parameriscite in the right knee “, as indicated in a report by FC Barcelona. The same day, midfielder Marc Casadó and striker Bryan Zaragoza were also tried from the national team due to medical problems. The staff.
“Since the RFEF itself confirmed the absence of Martínez was due to a medical condition, Osasuna maintains that no exceptional circumstance will apply that would prevail over the regulation of FIFA. The club distinguishes this affair from the liberation of defender Gerard Martín and the fields of field Pablo Torre and Fermín López from the essentials of Spain U-21, because their withdrawals were not medically linked.
“Osasuna maintains that Martínez, who was excluded from the Spanish team for medical reasons, was not eligible to play in yesterday’s match. Consequently, the club posted an appeal, quoting its commitment to defend its rights, to maintain fair competition and to ensure equal conditions for all participants. ”
