Real Madrid have been disqualified from this season's Copa del Rey after Denis Cheryshev was fielded as an ineligible player during the round-of-32 clash against Cadiz on Wednesday.
The Russian scored the opener in a 3-1 victory, but it later emerged Cheryshev should have been serving a one-match suspension.
Guillem Balague of Sky Sportsconfirmed that error has now led to Los Blancos being expelled from the competition:
Real Madrid has been kicked out of the Cup for fielding Cherishev
— Guillem Balague (@GuillemBalague) December 4, 2015
ESPN's Dermot Corrigan added the club's appeal would likely be heard next Wednesday by the Spanish federation's appeals committee then would go to Spain's administrative court the following Friday, if necessary.