The Costa Rican team, Rica Lega Deportiviva Alaguels, criticized the president of CONCACAF Victor Montagliani after expressing his full support for the club Lyon in his legal battle against FIFA for being. It was removed from the 2025 club World Cup.
Due to the multiple strict championship rules, FIFA has eliminated that two Grupo Pachuca teams could not compete in the same version. The Secretary -General chose to remove the club Lyon from the club’s World Cup, leaving Pachuca as a single actor for Grupo Pachuca.
Alajuelense originally informed the incident before the court because of its arbitration in sport, TAS, which led to the action of FIFA.
Now, Montagliani said that Concacaf will support Lyon in the legal battle to restore its place in the tournament.
“This is a legal process. Grupo Pachuca has the ability to go to TAS on this if they want, I don’t know what will happen,” “. “We will respect the process, but for me as president of Concacaf, I support Lyon. They have won [2023] Champions Cup in the field. For us, we hope at the end of this legal process, we see Lyon Club in the 2025 World Cup. “
Alaguels has publicly criticized the President of Concacaf, and described his actions as a “violation of neutrality”.
“Concacaf president advertisements are a serious violation of the duty of neutrality, the principle of neutrality, and institutional loyalty.”
Alajuelense joins the list as one of the many Concacaf teams to demand that they deserve the location of León in the tournament due to the advantages of football. FIFA, however, will announce a timely alternative.
The organization did not provide any hints about any team or league that will be considered a potential participant.
Club León originally got a ticket to the championship when the Concacaf Champions 2023 Cup was raised, before Pachuca raised the same cup in 2024 to join the list of participants in the club’s World Cup.
The tournament starts on June 14th Between Miami AHly FC faces at Stadium Hard Rock in Miami, Florida.
