The Cup of surprises and scares: Almería, KO against a Segunda RFEF and Real, Rayo, Betis and Las Palmas suffer
The Copa del Rey has once again left victims and heroes along the way. The third round of the KO competition. has elevated UD Barbastro to heaven and sent UD Almería to hell. A club from the Second Federation, the fourth category of Spanish football, beating a team from the First Division to reach the round of 32, where Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atlético de Madrid and Osasuna will enter, the four clubs that will play the Super Cup in Arabia in January. In Barbastro, in the province of Huesca, the big surprise happened. But there were also scares.
If on Tuesday night Getafe and Valencia had no problems winning at the fields of Atzeneta and Arosa, the festive Wednesday did leave unexpected sensations for the favorite clubs. Cartagena beat Alcorcón on penalties, Huesca beat Antequera, Tenerife beat Deportivo de la Coruña in extra time, Burgos won in the land of Arenteiro, Unionistas surprised Sporting, Málaga beat Eldense , Amorebieta won against Levante and Lugo against Mirandés.
As for the First Division clubs, scares, many scares. At midday, Rayo Vallecano could not score against Yeclano until the 89th minute, thanks to the miraculous appearance of Falcao. De Tomás put the finishing touch in the 94th minute, but the Second RFEF team fought until the final stretch of the duel and was on the verge of causing extra time.
Later, Real Sociedad also suffered against a rival from the fourth category, Andratx, from the Balearic Islands. The txuri-urdin breathed in the second half thanks to a goal from André Silva, but suffered in stoppage time to hold on to the result. A narrow victory that Alavés 'copied' in Terrassa. The Vitoria team scored early, in the 21st minute, but could not increase their lead and ended up asking for time against the Second RFEF club.
In the night shift, Betis was on the verge of being eliminated in Villanueva de la Serena. Villanovense, also from the Second RFEF, took the lead and when it seemed that the Andalusians were going to suffer the big surprise of this round, Abde appeared to tie the duel in the 89th minute.. With the locals sunk by the mood, Borja Iglesias completed the comeback in stoppage time to save Pellegrini's team, who host Madrid this Saturday.
More comfortable were the victories of Mallorca (0-3) and Sevilla (0-2) against Valle Egüés and Astorga. And Las Palmas suffered a lot in Tudela against Tudelano. The Canaries took the lead in the initial stretch but the locals, also from Second RFEF, managed to tie and forced extra time, where they were eliminated by a goal from Munir in the 124th minute that qualified for Las Palmas.