FC Barcelona will appeal to the Competition Committee to overturn the straight red card of Thiago Motta and further the sending off´s of assistant coach Johan Neeskens and Barca delegate Carles Naval during the game against Real Zaragoza on Sunday at Camp Nou.


The Competition Committee will meet on Tuesday evening and FC barcelona´s legal departement will use video evidence to support their case.


Referee Eduardo Iturralde González's wrote the following report about the sending off´s of Thiago Motta, Johan Neeskens and Carles Naval:

In minute 74, player number three, Motta, was sent off for striking an opponent in the face with his hand with the ball in play. In minute 74, FC Barcelona's second coach, Johan Neeskens, was sent off after he shook the Zaragoza number eleven on the back of his neck. In minute 79, the FC Barcelona delegate, Carlos Javier Naval Biosca, was sent off for angrily and continuously arguing with the refereeing decisions and for encroaching in the technical area after being warned not to by the fourth official.