Marca: According to La Liga rules, Real Madrid must have at least 7 first-team players in this round of league

May 14th According to La Liga rules, in this round of La Liga match between Real Madrid and Mallorca, Real Madrid must always maintain at least 7 first-team players on the court.

After losing the national derby in the last round, Real Madrid had basically no hope of winning the La Liga title this season, and Real Madrid also qualified for the Champions League next season in advance, so their last three rounds of La Liga became useless. In the 36th round of La Liga, Real Madrid announced a list of 21 players, including only 12 first-team players. However, according to La Liga rules, there must be at least 7 first-team players on each game.

These 12 Real Madrid first-team players are: Courtois, Lunin, Valverde, Fran Garcia, Vallejo, Modric, Sebalos, Guerre, Bellingham, Dias, Mbappe, and Enderick. They are all players who registered with Real Madrid's first team before this season, with jersey numbers between 1 and 25. Although Raul Asensio, who is wearing No. 35, has made 51 appearances for Real Madrid this season, he is a player promoted by Real Madrid from the B team, not a first-team player. Article 10, paragraph 2 of the Spanish Football Rules stipulates: "Each team must maintain at least 7 first-team players on the court throughout each game, and these players are registered players of the team's first-team team. Except for special circumstances caused by force majeure. When a team fails to reach this minimum number of first-team players for any reason before or during the game, players of other levels shall not be replaced by players at other levels." Article 10, paragraph 3 of the rule also emphasizes again: "Unless there is force majeure, there can only be 4 non-first-team players on the court at the same time."

Therefore, in this round of La Liga, Real Madrid coach Ancelotti must ensure that there are always 7 first-team players on the court. Since Courtois and Lunin are both goalkeepers, they can only choose 6 in other positions. Especially when substitutions are made in the middle of the game, careful inspection must be carried out to avoid violations.