Relegation-threatened LaLiga side want last nine minutes of match replayed after VAR error

The LaLiga side led 1-0 with ten minutes left of the match on Monday, only for Elche's Ezequiel Ponce to equalise with a header.

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However, replays showed that Ponce came back from a clear offside position to retrieve the ball.

Elche were then able to go on the attack, and found the back of the net, with the mistake left uncorrected by the linesman and VAR.

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Cadiz have since hit out at the 'resounding and flagrant' mistake, issuing a statement requesting the annulment of the match from the goal onwards, and to replay the last nine minutes of action.

"That said request is based on what, in the opinion of this entity, cannot be called a mere human error, but a serious and manifest technical arbitration error, motivated by the negligent and non-excusable action of the arbitrators of the VOR Chamber designated by the RFEF who, in the opinion of this entity, not only breached the applicable Laws of the Game, but also disregarded the current regulations regarding the principles and procedures regulated in the VAR Protocol," Cadiz said.

They continued: "That, as it can be deduced from the images of the match itself, and even from the acts that have taken place since then, some coming from groups dependent on the RFEF itself, there is no doubt that the refereeing team made a manifest material error, serious, inexcusable and not justifiable, from which irreparable damage is derived for Cadiz.

"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."

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According to the AP, Cadiz coach Sergio Gonzalez said referee Carlos del Cerro Grande apologised for the mistake after the clash.

The club's president, Manuel Vizcaino, said the apology didn't do much for his club.

"It was hard to sleep last night," he told Radio Marca on Tuesday.

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"There is nothing that can be done for my club now, I just hope it doesn't happen to someone else."

Cadiz are currently 18th in LaLiga with just three victories, and would face massive economic losses if they suffer relegation from the Spanish top flight.

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