Just over a month after the expulsion of Club León From 2025 Club World Cup confirmed, FIFA has reportedly made the decision to play a match between the two possible compensation To occupy the last available site of the championship starting in mid -June.
According to information from Mexican journalist David Medrano on TV AztecaThe Club América has already been announced by FIFA About the playoffs against Laftc To determine the last qualification for the 2025 Club World Cup.
The match is scheduled to be played on May 21 in CaliforniaThree weeks before the official start of the competition and 26 days before the first match planned for the club León’s replacement in the World Cup. In complications with the date, the match would be re -planned on May 28.
CAS decision is still waiting
Anyway, and before the dispute of the match, CAS’s decision to appeal by the club León and by Pacucha Still remained known. During the week of May 5, the Court for Sport’s arbitration will hear arguments from both Mexican clubs to see if it turns FIFA’s decision.
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For its part, FIFA, the organizing body of the tournament, already responded to the club León at that time and pointed out the two points they decided to expel the Mexican team from the competition:
- CF Pachuca and Club León do not meet the criteria defined in Article 10 (1) of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations.
- FIFA’s Secretary Secretariat will decide which club can be included in the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 and how the non-accessible club will be replaced, in accordance with Article 10.4 of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 Regulations.
