Barcelon devise alternative strategy as second appeal to overturn Hansi Flick’s suspension gets rejected

Barcelona have been hard at work trying to overturn the sanction put on Hansi Flick for his alleged inappropriate behaviour with match officials against Girona last weekend.

The German tactician received back-to-back yellow cards, which means he won’t be available for Barcelona on the touchline when they take on Real Madrid on Sunday.

Barcelona had made an initial appeal to overturn Flick’s suspension, but that was rejected. This prompted the club to raise another appeal , this time to RFEF’s Appeals Committee.

However, as reported by Mundo Deportivo , it appears even the Appeals Committee has rejected Barcelona’s plea.

The body has argued that the images provided by Barcelona do not invalidate the referee Gil Manzano’s claims, as well as the suspension that was put forth.

This leaves Barcelona with only one option: to report to the Administrative Tribunal of Sport (CAS) and seek a precautionary measure to overturn Flick’s red card.

Hansi Flick will remain suspended vs Real Madrid. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

This will require a huge legal win, however, and the club are aware that it is going to be extremely difficult.

Not to mention, Barcelona must submit the appeal immediately, as paperwork and legal proceedings will take time to conclude.

However, it must be noted that Barcelona have been able to pull out legal wins at the last minute in the past and given that the Appeals Committee verdict came earlier than expected, it gives Barcelona some amount of time to take the matters to CAS.

But, as things stand, Flick has been definitively ruled out of this weekend’s game against Real Madrid.

Everything suggests assistant Marcus Sorg will be in charge of Barcelona on the touch when the Catalans lock horns with Xabi Alonso’s men on Sunday.