America’s manager reiterated that they will not go to TAS to challenge the three points they lost at the table
Santiago Baños, the president of America, stated that they cannot sanction so harshly because they did not use a player who was not registered in a match. In an interview with ESPN Radio Formula, Azulcrema’s manager confirmed the sanction as unfair, although faithful to the regulations.
“You cannot receive a life sentence for such a thing. It was very unfair (punishment). I know it’s attached to the regulations. However, regulation is unfair. I deserved a penalty for the foul, but I think this penalty, compared to the fact, is notBaños said.
In addition, he confessed that there was an argument for the person responsible for the problem and said that he apologized to the players and the coaching staff, because what they won on the field could not be sustained.
“An apology to the coaching staff and players. They are doing their job and earning the correct points on the field and, due to an operational transcription error, we are affected. We do not want to evade our responsibility and we are very sorry for what happened. important attention has been called and we need to pay more attention and there will be a readjustment in staffing issues and we will let all these complicated days go by and then we will make the relevant decisions, ”he said.
Similarly, he confirmed that they will not contest the decision in CAS, as it can give a negative image of Mexican football compared to international football and gave his point of view on what he means by the participation of a player.
“The problem is that the regulation is very rare and can be interpreted in different ways and that we can use to appeal in the CAS and I made the decision on Televisa’s board of directors that we wouldn’t do it. We accepted the sanction, but the subject was raised, we asked from different sides and they gave us to understand that this appeal can be won.
“We, and I personally, believe that participation should touch the ground or participate, not to sit for a few minutes in a grandstand because the decision was made to apply that sanction due to the fact that he participated, participated in the bank “.
Finally, he said that the regulations should be revised so that these gaps do not exist and nothing is given to interpretations, as this is what confuses sanctions.
“I understand that there are rules that have time, that every start of the tournament is not reviewed on time and that is why in the statement we ask that the rules be revised from now on to avoid bad decisions or that there is no sports justice as mentioned in court” .
“Finally we know and take responsibility and at the end of the day it was due to an error in the operating area and we have to take the consequences and not take it further, because there can be a bad image in Mexican football that a team leads this to international bodies “, he concluded.