Marcelino’s Villarreal did not care at all that their rival, Poblense, is a Third RFEF team (1-6). He took his first foray into the Cup as if it were the final, so by half-time he had already resolved with solvency after the great work of Ayoze, with three goals in the first half, and his association with Terrats, who scored one, and Yeremi, who gave two assists. Cabanes completed in a personal action, the 0-5 of the first quarter. The Castellón team relaxed in the second half, and although Gueye scored the sixth, the Balearic Islands got their goal through Aitor Pons, and were able to do more at the end of the game in which their enthusiasm overwhelmed Villarreal.
Meanwhile, Rayo Vallecano made it to the second round without much trouble against Villamuriel (0-5), a regional team, which resisted almost until the end of the first half. A penalty taken by Raúl De Tomás opened the scoring for the Palencia team, which traveled a dozen kilometers to the capital of the province to play in the comfortable Nueva Balastera stadium, which brought together almost 5,000 spectators to see a team up close. First Division team.
The Rayista striker’s goal was the prelude to the second, which Óscar Trejo scored with a close-range shot after a commotion in the area, just two minutes later. With the game almost resolved before the break, and Villamuriel’s obvious inferiority, Rayo slowed down in the second half, although they immediately increased the difference with another goal from RDT, which with all the calm in the world, received in the area to Find space and score the third. The victory was completed by Sergi Guardiola and Etienne Eto’o in the final minutes.
It was much more difficult for Deportivo Alavés to get rid of Compostela, from the Second RFEF, which at times reminded the team that spent some seasons in the First Division. At the Multiusos de San Lázaro, renamed after its most illustrious footballer, Verónica Boquete, the team from the capital of Galicia stood up to Alavés, who started well, but got worse as the match went on. At 12 minutes came the only goal of the game, in a cross that was looking for Villalibre and that found Kike’s leg, so that the defender put it into his own goal.
Despite the misfortune, Compos was not discouraged. Although Alavés pressed harder in the first half, they did not get too close to the local goal, and in the second, the Galician team tried to take a step forward. At times he harassed the goal of Owono, Sivera’s substitute, although without much bite in attack, but the Basques could not breathe easy until the referee’s final whistle.
For its part, Real Valladolid did not allow any surprises and did not suffer too many stresses during its visit to the Astur artificial grass field, where it won (1-4), with goals from Latasa, Ramos, Kike Pérez and Meseguer. The one for the locals was done by Robi Toral.
In the matches with Second Division teams, Racing beat Lanzarote (3-4), Zaragoza (1-5) against Hospitalet and Cádiz (0-3) against Jaén. In the other match of the day, Ourense beat Guijuelo at home (1-2).
