Yesterday Elche CF announced the ticket prices for the next Cup match against Girona. Saturday, January 6 at 18.00 at Martínez Valero. Subscribers will pay, albeit only between 10 and 20 euros, depending on their seat. They will also be able to purchase two more tickets at this cost. Fans agree the price is reasonable. Some understand this as “symbolic” or “modest”, but almost no one understands why it should be paid after so much trouble.
Three Kings Day 2024. 18 hours. The Franjiverde stadium is home to LaLiga co-leader EA Sports, which is equal on points with Real Madrid, ahead of Barça and Atlético. The revelation team of the championship and Europe. A single-game elimination with the possibility of “moving on in the dream”, as Franjiverde coach Sebastián Beccacece and his players point out every time they refer to this match. But… should dreams cost money?
Speech of the last match
This question, formulated in a less romantic way, occupied the agenda of the stands at Elche’s ground in the last match played last Tuesday. In the queues at the entrance or in the bathroom, canteen. In the seats. In the first half… “Will we have to pay for season tickets for the cup game?”. The club has not made a statement yet. At least directly, because the silence implied an explanation of the problem. Especially if you analyze that the club has launched a season ticket campaign for the second half of the league, which includes the last match of the first round, but not the Cup match.
The last “Glass”
The last match of this competition in Elche was played almost two years ago. Last season, the team lost 1-0 away to Ceuta on January 3, 2023, and could not reach the last 32. Previously, on December 20, 2022, they won Guadalajara 0-3 in the second round and 0-3 in the first round. , to Alcora, with the same results.
In the previous campaign, second place was achieved in the First League. Elche were eliminated from the cup in the last 16 rounds against Real Madrid. And they played draw at home (1-2) On January 20, 2022. They had previously eliminated Almería (1-2), Unionistas de Salamanca (0-1) and Leioa (0-2).
In that great match against the Madrid team, the club also collected an entrance fee from its subscribers.
different conditions
Despite the background, fans thought the circumstances were different. Girona is not Real Madrid. And Beccacece’s season is not going as expected after his team relegated completely to Second place. Elche fan clubs therefore advocated for the Cup match to be held free of charge.
David Aranda, President of the Peñas del Elche CF FederationHe assured the subscriber that “he should not pay anything after a disappointing season where targets were not met”. Paying the subscriber is disrespectful. And even more so when we come from a centenary and a shameful campaign where nothing would have been done if it were not for the federation of supporters’ clubs.“.
Carlos San José from the Altabix penalty“Considering the owner’s small investment in the transfer market and the amount of money he earns from transfers, and adding to this the “emotional fraud” that promises the First a competitive and homogeneous squad that will “return together”, one understands that this is so. Receiving any fees from subscribers is absolutely It seems inappropriate.”
“Reward the subscriber”
Vice president of the Peñas Federation, Mario Payá, from “Franjiverdes Petrer”“It is true that from the beginning Cup matches were not included in the subscription price,” but since last year he states that a very symbolic fee has to be charged from subscribers. It was a disaster and fans reacted…Similarly, this year the number of subscribers and the attitude of the fans are again extraordinary. Therefore, the club had to take this data into account and reward the Elche CF subscriber, who has suffered a lot in recent months.” Payá understands: “It is not a match that will require excessive financial expenditure on the club and, Moreover, we are in the best economic situation in the last 100 years.”
from the rock Legendary Child, various opinions of fans. All against collection. “Bragarnik’s only concern is money, but this is not the case anymore, it has been like this since the day he arrived. The day he was alone in the stadium, he asks why”, “I think it is very bad that he demanded money, and it even got worse afterwards. The last three results of the league and the team’s progress”, “A season ticket holder shouldn’t be paying for a game like this and more on Three Kings Day. How much will they charge kids too?” Club’s claim: “The most expensive for free subscribers and the general public is 20 euros Martínez Valero is a pressure cooker on holiday“.
Just the opposite, Tomás Domenes, president of the club “Franja Verde”, “He understands that you have to be realistic. We wanted the subscription campaign to be economical and did not value the cup competition, we preferred to reduce the subscription and that’s what happened. I see it as unfair to be angry now.” if they charge us. On the other hand, wanting is never the rest…”.