Espanyol-Valencia and Tenerife-Levante postponed due to “force majeure”

The <a href="https://www.archysport.com/2024/11/the-league-requests-the-postponement-of-espanyol-valencia-and-tenerife-levante/" title="The League requests the postponement of Espanyol-Valencia and Tenerife-Levante“>Espanyol-Valencia and Tenerife-Levante matches scheduled for the weekend were postponed this Wednesday by the sole judge of professional competitions of the Spanish Football Federation (FEF) following the request made by LaLiga, at the request of the clubs involved. For the second consecutive day, the professional football matches affecting the Valencia teams have been suspended due to “force majeure”, although the previous week those of the rest of the clubs in the community devastated by DANA were also postponed: Villarreal , Castellón and Eldense.

«The sole judge of professional competitions, like the FEF, is no stranger to the situation of extreme need, urgency, anguish and unrest that is suffered in the region, which is why it is appropriate to consider the requests for suspension and/or postponement made. », justified José Alberto Peláez in his resolution. The head of professional competitions of the federative body confirmed that the date of the Espanyol-Valencia and Tenerife-Levante dispute will be determined “once the opinion of the interested parties and LaLiga has been heard.”

Valencia and Levante formally requested LaLiga to postpone their matches corresponding to the 13th and 14th matches of the League in the First and Second Division, respectively, and the club employers transferred said request to the FEF. The club that requested the suspension of its meeting in Cornellà “given the dramatic consequences that the province of Valencia has suffered and is suffering as a result of DANA, which has flooded roads, entire towns and communication routes, with players and workers affected.” directly by it, isolated in their localities. Levante expressed itself in similar terms, due to the consequences, “both on a personal level for the victims of this tragedy, and on a material level for all the damage that this situation has caused.”