Cadiz has issued a statement, demanding a replay of the final minutes of their game with Elche after VAR didn’t intervene in a late equalizer they conceded.
The club was minutes away from a crucial win in their fight against relegation on Monday night, leading 1-0 against bottom-side Elche when the visitors equalized courtesy of Ezequiel Ponce. A video making round online showed that Ponce came back from an offside position to help spark a move he eventually finished off with a bullet header. Cadiz were left fuming at VAR following the decision to allow Elche’s equaliser in last night’s 1-1 draw in La Liga. Replays showed that Ezequiel Ponce, who scored Elche’s goal, was offside in the build-up.pic.twitter.com/5AwPZSgbtG — Football España (@footballespana_) January 17, 2023 Reacting to this, Cadiz who are 18th on the La Liga table expressed disappointment that the goal was allowed to stand. The club also threatened legal action over the loss of the two points. The statement read; “Today, January 17, 2023, the legal services of CÁDIZ CF SAD have submitted to the competent federative authorities, a brief challenging the meeting held before ELCHE, C.F., S.A.D, by virtue of which the annulment is requested of the well-deserved match and its resumption from minute 81 of it, at which time the refereeing team validated the goal scored by the ELCHE, C.F., S.A.D. D. Ezequiel Ponce, despite being preceded by a resounding and flagrant offside, not susceptible to interpretation, as shown by the images of the match. 
“Quite the contrary, if necessary at the end of the season, depending on the sporting and economic damages that may be inferred from the final classification of CÁDIZ, C.F., S.A.D. In the First Division category, this Entity will evaluate the exercise of as many legal actions that assist it in Law, including the action of patrimonial responsibility against the persons, physical or legal, that in the last instance must respond for the damages and losses caused to CÁDIZ , C.F., S.A.D.”