Congratulations to SC Torrevieja!

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Torry won the second leg of the play-off final against Benidorm. They drew the first leg in Torry and travelled to Benidorm yesterday to win 3 - 1 and promotion to the Tercera Federación. Next season they'll be playing Ontinyent 1931, Hercules B, AC Torrellano and Villarreal C. Onwards and upwards!

[Carl]

Torry won the second leg of the play-off final against Benidorm. They drew the first leg in Torry and travelled to Benidorm yesterday to win 3 - 1 and promotion to the Tercera Federación. Next season they'll be playing Ontinyent 1931, Hercules B, AC Torrellano and Villarreal C. Onwards and upwards!

Not many people were expecting that, Benidorm were the favourites and even their goal was an own goal. Think it is about 10 years since they played at Tercera level ?

[Carl]

https://cadenaser.com/comunitat-valenci ... o-benidorm

Google translate:

Benidorm demands promotion due to Torrevieja fielding an ineligible player in the final

Guillermo Amor's team claims that Pablo Abadía could not play the match after the red card he received in the first leg.

Four days after losing 1-3 in the second leg of the final for promotion to Tercera RFEF against Torrevieja, and thus failing to secure promotion to Tercera RFEF next season, Benidorm has issued an official statement informing that a complaint has been filed with the Competition Committee of the Valencian Community Football Federation regarding the improper registration of player Pablo Abadía Ortiz in the second leg match held last Sunday at the Guillermo Amor stadium.

In that same statement, the entity chaired by Jordi Bruixola explains that "the complaint stems from the irregular processing of the disciplinary sanction imposed on said player in the first leg."

In the opinion of the Benidorm club, "the Competition Committee of the Valencian Federation lifted the red card with which Pablo Abadía was sanctioned in that match without forwarding the allegations presented by SC Torrevieja to Benidorm, violating the principle of contradiction and the right of defense of our entity."

Sources from the club have explained to Radio Benidorm-SER that Benidorm only became aware of the decision made by the Competition Committee on Wednesday, June 3, so they were never able to present their own arguments regarding a measure that, in the end, allowed Abadía to be part of the Torrevieja starting eleven at the Guillermo Amor stadium.

In fact, in the statement made public today, Benidorm adds that it requested "in a timely manner the adoption of precautionary measures before the Appeals Committee so that the player would not participate in the second leg," at least "while the appeal was being resolved," although, they acknowledge, "the Appeals Committee denied said request."

Finally, Pablo Abadía was part of the team that achieved a 1-3 victory against Benidorm last Sunday, something that the Foietes club is analyzing, considering that it is a decision "that could have conditioned both the result of the match and the outcome of the tie, altering, in any case, the competitive balance and the integrity of the competition."

Therefore, Benidorm requests that this possible improper lineup "be sanctioned with the elimination of the offending team, declaring CF Benidorm qualified for promotion to the Third Federation."

Now, the Competition Committee has already forwarded this complaint to Torrevieja so that they can present their own arguments before Monday, June 15, at which time the resolution of the case must take place.

Benidorm, affected in December

In this regard, it is worth remembering that Benidorm was already harmed by a claim for improper line-up on December 21st during their match of the 15th round of the regular phase of the competition against Calpe at the home of the Marina Alta team.

At that time, Calpe complained (a claim joined by Torrevieja, who were second in the standings at the time, four points behind Benidorm, who were leading the table) that Guillermo Amor's team had committed an infraction by fielding Ángel Cobo, who had received a red card (for two yellow cards) in the previous match against Independiente Alicante.

Benidorm coach Javier Vidales fielded Cobo against Calpe, believing he had already served his suspension in the midweek match against Benissa for La Nostra Copa. However, following a joint complaint from Calpe and Torrevieja, the Committee determined that this was a competition separate from the league and that, therefore, the suspension should be served against Calpe.

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SC TORREVIEJA PROMOTION CONFIRMED AFTER BENIDORM APPEAL REJECTED

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[Carl]

SC TORREVIEJA PROMOTION CONFIRMED AFTER BENIDORM APPEAL REJECTED

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That is great news!