London, Oct 25(ANI): UEFA President Michel Platini has defended the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)'s role in football saying that the body's decision must be the final word in the dispute with FC Sion.
Sion were thrown out of the Europa League in September for fielding ineligible players in their play-off match against Celtic, and UEFA has since rejected numerous attempts by the club to regain their place via a Swiss civil court.
Platini says that Sion's approach through the civil court cannot be allowed to take root in football.
"If tomorrow you receive a red card on the pitch and you go to a judge because you cannot play in the next match, and the judge says you are right, what can we do? Everything must depend on the CAS," the Independent quoted Platini, as saying.
"Today, we have in principle an independent disciplinary process in the federations, in UEFA, in FIFA. If nobody respects its decisions and goes before civil courts, now that justice today moves slowly, I ask myself how this could happen."
"What do we do if a club relegated to the second division go to a court because they have a first division budget and want to stay there?" he added. (ANI)
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