Athletic Club’s Official Note

Athletic Club wants to show by this official note its opinion about the sanction imposed to its player Mari Lacruz. 1.- Firstly, the entity reiterates its scrupulous respect to the work exercised by the referees and by the differents Committees, this respect is evident with the posture showed by all the parts of the Club in relation to the case that concerns us. 2.- But all what we have said before isn’t a problem so that Athletic Club expresses its discomfort and perplexity by the sanction imposed to Mari Lacruz, at the same time, the club values the player’s attitude. Since the ending of the match, Lacruz has shown signs of his professionality keeping a respectful silence, in spite of suffering a clear offence, victim of an strange situation. 3.- Athletic Club upholds and will always uphold its interests which are its members and fans’ interests. Our legal services will use up all the legal means that the current sports rules make possible with the purpose of the sanction unfairly imposed to the player will be revoked. 4.- Finally, Athletic Club desires to appeal to all its members and fans, encouraging them to keep on supporting our first team with the clear objetive of solving successfully the important sports engagements that soon they will have.