The most expensive entrance to La Eragudina was 15 euros. The cheapest, for teenagers who were members of Atlético Astorga, just three. The municipality of León, with just over 10,000 inhabitants, hosted the Copa del Rey nine years later. He did it with the club navigating the Tercera RFEF, the fifth division of Spanish football, and with a coach, Joselu Lago, who had been on the grass the last time the team stepped foot in the KO tournament.. At that moment Racing de Ferrol gave them a painful 5-1, and yesterday Andorra, led by Eder Sarabia and owned by Gerard Piqué, threatened to walk away.

Atlético Astorga, 13th in Group 8 of the Tercera RFEF, acted as David and beat Goliat, an Andorra team that is 16th in La Liga Hypermotion, six points above relegation. “This is Astorga!” they shouted in the stands. Iván Vales' goal in the first half was enough to complete the great surprise of a Wednesday that was as festive as it was crazy.

In the carousel of encounters that this attractive format provokes, no Primera fell, although more than one brushed against hell.. Cádiz needed to go to penalties for David Gil to play the hero against Badalona Futur, from the Second RFEF. 0-0 in 120 minutes and 2-4 from the eleven meters. Girona also suffered, which Savinho saved with a Maradonian goal in the 98th minute, when the fans of San Roque de Lepe, also from the Second RFEF, already smelled extra time.

The rest of the teams in the top category thrashed their rivals, but they were part of the cup dream of the modest teams. Celta visited Turégano, from the First Regional (6th division) and with an annual budget of 70,000 euros, approximately what Rafa Benítez, coach of the Vigo team, earns in a week. The Segovian club, from a town of 978 inhabitants, mobilized 3,500 fans to the La Albuera stadium, in the provincial capital. There they observed an honorable 0-4 that left them out of the tournament but made them part of history.

Something similar happened in Lugones, where Atlético, the local team, member of the Asturian First Regional, lost 0-6 against Rayo Vallecano. They debuted extra stands and new artificial grass to fall with honor against the Madrid team. As in Quintanar de la Orden, whose team is also in the First Regional, where Sevilla managed to win, suffering at times, by 0-3. “Today we are going to show that a humble and hard-working team is capable of achieving whatever it sets out to do,” the locals harangued.

The afternoon left several penalty shootouts, overtime and failures for some Second Division teams. In addition to the surprise of Astorga, Terrassa, from Second RFEF, beat Albacete, also from the silver category. A 1-0 that eliminated the 17th classified in Second. In Zamora the other heroes of the afternoon shouted. The local team, from the Second RFEF, eliminated Racing de Santander on penalties, historic in Spanish football and eighth in LaLiga Hypermotion.

Barbastro, from the Second RFEF, defeated Ponferradina, from the First RFEF. A triumph similar to that of Arandina over Real Murcia, who arrived in Aranda being from a higher category. There, the local footballers decided not to play the first minute of the match in protest of the debts that the club maintains with the squad, to whom, according to them, they owe more than two months of salary.. “The sports equipment has not been renewed either, which is very deteriorated, which complicates our daily work,” they claimed in a statement published by AFE.. After standing, they won 1-0. Valle Egües, from the Segunda RFEF, also won at home against a Primera RFEF, Teruel, thanks to a goal in extra time. Modest surprises.

Meanwhile, Getafe had a feast of goals at the El Alcoraz stadium, owned by Huesca and loaned to Tardienta for the occasion. The Regional team accused the change and suffered the most painful defeat of the entire round: 0-12. Mallorca beat Boiro (0-4) and Real Sociedad suffered a lot to leave the Buñol field alive, in the Valencian Primera Regional, where they won 0-1 with a goal in the 67th minute.

Also a celebration for Betis, who beat Hernán Cortés 1-12. The Extremaduran team celebrated the 1-10 with great joy.