In the last minutes, América de Cali released a press release in which it clarifies and explains that the appeals they presented for the sanction received in the penultimate round-robin match of the last tournament against Deportivo Pasto were not accepted and that the date they played against Cortuluá behind closed doors, making the venue official at the Doce de Octubre, did not serve to pay for the total suspension of the place, which they had.
Therefore, the club released the statement to give clarity to its fans and express that for some clubs there is equality, but not for them:
“América de Cali SA En Reorganización, in reorganization through this communication, informs its fans, the media and the general public, that despite having presented the corresponding resources for the disciplinary instances of the Dimayor not sanctioned our institution for the events that occurred in the match for the 19th date of the BetPlay Dimayor League I 2022, unfortunately, we were sanctioned, among others, with “two (2) dates of suspension of the place”.
Taking into account recent precedents with other clubs investigated for similar issues, and within the framework of the right to equality, América de Cali proceeded to make use of the resource of the partial suspension of the enforcement of a sanction, provided for in article 42 of the CDU of the FCF. However, the Disciplinary Committee decided not to respond to said request, for two reasons:
The first, for understanding that the game we played at the Doce de Octubre stadium against Cortuluá could not count as a game that met one of the requirements for not having played at our Pascual Guerrero stadium. As you all know, we couldn’t play that game in our stadium because the city of Cali was proudly chosen as the main venue for the 2022 Copa América Femenina that was played in our country. Precisely for that reason, we had 2 games postponed.
The second argument is that, for said institution, our club has “a series of antecedents for the same conduct in the same championship, Liga BetPlay Dimayor I 2022, where the club has been sanctioned by this Committee, for the infraction described in numeral 1, article 84 of the CDU; Thus, it is stated that article 9 of Resolution No. 003 of 2022, where América was sanctioned with a reprimand for the improper conduct of spectators; specifically, the use of gunpowder”.
To that extent, the Disciplinary Committee considered that, contrary to what happened with other clubs, in the case of America this request should be rejected. We once again invite all our followers to defend our colors and our flags, pointing out to the police authorities those directly responsible for the occurrence of events like these, which affect our institution and harm the party that we must live inside and outside the stadium. ”, the statement concluded.
In this way, not having a positive response to the attempts to reduce the sanction, América will still have to play two games behind closed doors against Águilas Doradas this Tuesday and then against Junior de Barranquilla.
Juan Andres Arias Arias
Correspondent Futbolred Cali
And Twitter: @AriasJuan_15
