Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde said his side still have to participate in the Copa del Rey quarter-finals draw, although Levante has accused them of lining up an ineligible player in the first match. last week.
Barca have canceled their deficit from 2 to 1 since last Thursday thanks to Ousmane Dembele's double and Lionel Messi's effort to win the Camp Nou 3-0, a 4-2 win in the overall standings.
Levante president Quico Catalan said his club complained to the Spanish Football Federation about the selection of Barcelona's young Chumi in the first game and hoped to get him out of the competition.
Levante says Chumi was suspended after receiving five yellow cards for Barcelona B.
However, Valverde insists that the 19-year-old was eligible for a cup and was banned from the LaLiga game against Eibar.
In the citations published by Marca, Valverde said after Thursday's victory in the first leg: "We have no doubts about Chumi, neither before nor after nor during, we think we should be in the tie tomorrow.
"We are sure that we did things right, we knew very well that Chumi was punished and he could not use the game against Eibar, but in the cup. We could not use (Rafa) Mujica as well.
"We are convinced of what we did, we acted correctly, we won where we needed to win, it's very clear."
Before the match, the Catalan had said, before the match, in the quotes: "This is not an easy situation and we, as sportsmen, prefer to win situations like this in the field.
"Whatever happens on the pitch, Levante will send the situation to the Federation tomorrow."
Midfielder Malcolm was not involved on Thursday and was connected to a match at Nou Camp this month.
However, Valverde said he would be in the Barcelona team for the game against Leganes this weekend.
He added: "We have him, yes he is a player with very important qualities and we want to see them, this Sunday he starts again, he can join the team."
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