The FCF filed a claim before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS/CAS) in Lausanne for approximately 155,000 euros in expenses arising from the cancellation of the friendly match between Catalonia and Mali, which had been scheduled for June 8, 2023. María Barbancho acted as legal representative for the FCF during the hearing held in Barcelona on October 8, 2024. The media outlet FutbolCatalunya.com describes her verbatim as “the lawyer, a specialist in violent crimes and traffic offenses, future ‘speaker’, and representative of Joan Soteras,” noting that “she was defending the FCF in this hearing, as always.”
Source: FutbolCatalunya.com, October 10, 2024 — “The clubs will pay for ‘the party’ of Catalonia-Mali.”