Elche FC – bottom of the Spanish league football standings – has officially moved and filed a complaint against Barcelona, because of the participation of its player Gavi in the match between the two teams last Saturday in the 27th round of the Spanish league.

The website "Cadena COPE" blew a resounding surprise two days ago, claiming that Barcelona involved Gavi in the said match (in which Barça won a clean quadruple) in a manner contrary to regulations.

In a new development, Elche has filed a formal complaint with the Competitions Committee of the Spanish Football Federation against Gavi's participation, as the club believes that the young star is not entitled to play after the cancellation of his license.

💥 Informa @isaacfouto

💣 El Elche impugna su partido ante el Barcelona por alineación indebida de Gavi

❌ Ha presentado una denuncia ante el Comité de Competición al entender que la licencia de Gavi había sido cancelada

👨‍⚖️ El Barça tenía una cautelarhttps://t.co/IAavxc7u0O

— Tiempo de Juego (@tjcope) April 4, 2023

Elche president Kristian Bragarnik considered making the move for the last 48 hours, before officially acting just 3 minutes before the deadline for filing an objection or complaint.

The Spanish club bases its complaint on Article 126 of the Spanish Federation's regulations, which prohibits the player from participating with a "revoked" license.

It also reinforced its position with Article 141 of the UEFA Regulations, which states that "football players whose licence has been revoked may not obtain a new licence with the same team during the same season".

Gavi played 68 minutes in the Elche match, wearing the number 30 shirt he was wearing with Barcelona's youth team.

Last month, Barcelona's Commercial Court No. 12 ruled to cancel Gavi's first-team registration and force the Blaugrana to include him as a reserve player.

Radio Cadena Ser explained that Gavi's designation as a first-team player canceled his previous contract as a reserve player, which means that by cancelling the new contract, the young player is not entitled to represent the first team, not even the reserves.

Sobre la bocina, pero lo acaban de hacer.

🚨🚨🚨 El Elche impugna el partido contra el Barcelona por alineación indebida de Gavihttps://t.co/dHlUGYna4G

— MARCA (@marca) April 4, 2023

But the newspaper "Marca" previously confirmed that the Spanish Federation and the League "LaLiga" are fully aware of the participation of Gavi, 18, in the match, which they see as legitimate and not problematic.

The Spanish federation and LaLiga justified their position by cancelling Gavi's contract with the first team, returning to the previous situation, as a player in the youth team.

Barcelona currently maintain the 12-point gap separating them from rivals Real Madrid, 11 rounds before the end of the season.