The Copa del Rey gave Elche the first and anticipated gift of the Three Wise Men. A First Division team will be Franjiverdes’ opponent in the next round of the knockout tournament. Also, this event will be held on January 6 or 7, that is, Three Kings Day, or the next day, Saturday or Sunday. And something elseThe stage will be the Martínez Valero stadium.
The draw between the 32 teams in the last 32 rounds of the competition, Next On Tuesday, December 12, at 13:00 in the Luis Aragonés meeting hall in Ciudad del Fútbol. After the draw is made, the teams and which clubs will play as local clubs (those in the lower category and the first ball released if they play in the same category) will be determined and the match schedules will be determined.
What are the “firsts” that could happen to Elche?
After defeating Linares Deportivo 1-3 this Thursday, It is already clear that Elche CF will play against the First League. Moreover, you already know which “first” your opponent can be. There are thirteen teams from the highest category that could come to Martínez Valero. Among them there are no four competing in the Supecopa (Madrid, Barça, Atlético de Madrid and Osasuna), but there are very attractive rivals: Villarreal, Getafe, Valencia, Rayo Vallecano, Alavés, Real Sociedad, Betis, Mallorca, Sevilla, Las Palmas, Athletic Club de Bilbao, Girona or Celta.
Why definitely a Primera?
Elche will definitely have a First League team for the following reasons. 32 confidential documents are being analyzed… Barbastro and Arandina (Segunda RFEF) have one of the Super Cups in which they are not involved in this second round (Madrid, Barça, Atlético or Osasuna). The remaining two teams will play against Primera RFEF, which could be Castellón, Unionistas Salamanca, Málaga or Lugo.
There would then be 13 First Divisions remaining. Two will be awarded to two people from the First RFEF who did not get any of the four from the Super Cup. And out of the remaining eleven there would be nine who would compete for the Second team. Two First League teams will face each other respectively.
Go ahead, a possible dream
It will depend on a lot of things, but the Copa del Rey format is designed so that there can be “bells”. Small teams always preferably play against the big ones, and they always do it on their home ground, so this dream is possible. It’s complicated but not impossible. Especially for a team like Beccacece Showing his maturity in the tournament.
This round of 32 is also a single-game draw, so Elche must play against Primera, but Martínez is at Valero and if they win they will advance to the round of 16.