The Court for Sport (TAG) has decided on one of the most controversial issues in 2025. Just months before the club’s World Cup, Start, FIFA had denied the club León’s participation in the tournament Not to follow one of the rules introduced by football’s highest governing bodies at a global level.
FIFA claimed that the participation of two clubs with the same owner would not be allowedAnd both León and Pachuca are part of Grupo Pachuca. Thus, one of the two must be disqualified from the competition. It ended up being the team that has James Rodríguez on his list.
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After the Mexican team appealed to CAS to argue for its reasons for participating in 2025 Club World CupThis Tuesday – just over five weeks before the start of the tournament – The court decided and confirmed that León will not be part of the competition.
In his statement, CAS assigned FIFA’s responsibility to appoint its compensation. There has been no official confirmation of this yet, but the main idea with the organization led by Gianni Infantino adopts an End between LAFC and America. The Yankee team lost the Concachampions final that left León in CWC, and the Eagles are currently the best team in the Concacaf ranking.
LAFC and America Frontrunners to replace León
Other options, such are Alajuelian Sports Leaguewho led the statement before FIFA does not seem to be an opportunity for the highest body in the world’s football.
The only thing that is certain is that Club León will not play in the Club World Cup, and that Chelsea, Flamengo and Esperanzas de Tunís should pay attention to what FIFA decides with the compensation for the Mexican team. At the moment, América and LAFC are the favorites to occupy that place, with LAFC that will probably be selected.
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