The Cup caught up with the dispute of the two games that remained to be played in the first round. Two clashes that had to be postponed due to the damage that devastated the province of Valencia. Valencia itself and Getafe achieved victory in their respective matches against Parla Escuela and Manises, this one from the Valencian community. Valencia won 0-1 and Getafe, 0-3.
The two Primera teams completed the total of 56 teams that will participate at noon today (1:00 p.m.) in the draw for the second round to be held in the Spanish Federation. This second round of the Cup will be played between Tuesday, December 3 and Thursday, December 5. All First Division teams (except Real Madrid, Barcelona, Osasuna and Athletic, which compete in the Spanish Super Cup), 16, will be in the draw along with 15 from the Second Division, 11 from the First Federation and 14 from the Second Federation.
Valencia did just enough to beat Parla Escuela, a team from the autonomous category of Madrid. Rubén Baraja introduced numerous changes with respect to the league eleven that defeated Betis in the League after almost a month without competing. The coach fielded a team with many new features. One of them was Pepelu, out against Betis and scorer of Valencia’s goal from a good free kick. Parla managed to reach the final stretch of the match alive, but they barely had a chance to create danger to the goal defended by Dimitrievski. In Valencia, Santana and Córdoba, players from the subsidiary, Mestalla, debuted with the first team. The Cup could be a good formula for Valencia to find success this season, since they are far behind in the League. Valencia reached the 2022 final, losing to Betis on penalties. The visitor’s victory came with some controversy. A group of fans, with tickets in hand, did not attend the game.
Adrián, Manises goalkeeper, saved two penalties from Bertug and Álvaro to become the hero of the match in just 26 minutes. Then, he could barely do anything before the goals from Bertug himself (two) and Peter Federico in the first half. The tie was completely defined in this first act. With the elimination of Parla Escuela and Manises, there are no regional category teams left in the Copa del Rey.
