On a day in which several matches were suspended due to the catastrophic floods that caused dozens of deaths, the Cup was also tinged with sadness in the face of the tragedy. Pontevedra-Levante (November 7), Ejea-Hércules (November 6), Manises-Getafe (November 6), Xerez-Ceuta (November 6), Chiclana-Osasuna (November 5) and the Jove Español-Real Sociedad, with no date decided yet.
In one of those that were played, Sevilla woke up in the second half to resolve their match against Las Rozas (0-2), after in the first half, the Madrid team created a lot of uncertainty. García Pimienta’s team was unable to settle on the Navalcarbón artificial turf, and the locals, filled with enthusiasm, at times harassed a theoretically much superior rival. However, in an unfortunate action, a hopeless cross from Idumbo hit Luis Mendez’s leg and slipped into the goal. With the score in their favor, things became easier for Sevilla in the second half, in which Iheanacho scored twice to certify his team’s passage to the second round.
For its part, Leganés suffered to qualify against Ciudad de Lucena (1-2), with the Córdoba team determined in the final minutes to get the tie that would lead to extra time. The protagonist was the local goalkeeper, Iván Morales, who saved two penalties in the first half, against Óscar and Munir, although in the rebound of the second, the forward was able to score the 0-1. David Agudo tied the score two minutes later with a shot after a counterattack, and Cruz, at the beginning of the second half, scored the final score.
In Almendralejo, Girona fulfilled its commitment against Extremadura (0-4) with a solvent match and a lineup full of players little used by Michel in the League and in Europe. The Extremadura team pushed as much as they could, sometimes remembering that team that toured the First Division in the 90s, but ended up giving in to the evidence as the game progressed. Bryan Gil opened the scoring with a shot that hit the post from the edge of the area, and in the second half Girona completed the rout with two goals from Miovski and another from Arnau Martínez.
In San Pedro Alcántara, at the foot of the Sierra Blanca, Celta felt comfortable on the artificial grass field and dominated the Malaga team (1-5) until they managed to open the scoring through Alfon before the deadline was met. minute 5. However, UD San Pedro responded in their first attacking play, with a long ball towards Carmona, who saw Iván Villar ahead and launched a shot that went over the Celtic goalkeeper. However, shortly after taking the cross, Celta scored again through Pablo Durán, and before the break, Allende, who had replaced the injured Carreira shortly before, scored the third. In the second half, Douvikas expressed Celtic superiority with two more goals.
Yes, there were surprises with several Second Division teams, which fell to theoretically inferior rivals. Thus, Eibar lost in extra time against UD Logroñés (1-0), Olot beat Córdoba on penalties (1-1), Sant Andreu beat Mirandés (2-1), and Europa, the historic Barcelona club, which came to play in a Cup final against Mr. Pentland’s Athletic, beat Albacete (2-1).
