Overview

• Spain’s Administrative Court for Sport rejected Real Madrid’s appeal on Sept. 19, confirming Dean Huijsen’s one‑match suspension and ruling him out against Espanyol.
• The referees’ committee (CTA) said a yellow card was more appropriate for Huijsen’s foul on Mikel Oyarzabal, yet maintained VAR should not intervene in such a grey area.
• RFEF Disciplinary and Appeals committees had already upheld the dismissal, citing that multiple reasonable interpretations excluded a clear and obvious error.
• Real Madrid is compiling a dossier of refereeing incidents for FIFA and is preparing to escalate the case to international sports bodies after exhausting domestic avenues.
• Huijsen criticized the outcome on social media, and the ban compounds Madrid’s defensive issues with Antonio Rüdiger sidelined.