If the first team Elche CF dreams of ringing the bell and making this disappear Saturday (18.00) to the surprising Girona, First League co-leader in the 32nd round of the Copa del Rey, Elche Juvenil also dreams of continuing to make history in the knockout competition.
The team doing the training Carlos Geraldo He qualified for the Cup in brilliant fashion after completing the first round of his league. Honor Section 7th group second place. Added little green french fries 32 points after ten wins, two draws and only three lossesThis, in addition to qualifying, allowed the top four – those remaining in the top four – to reach the draw as seeded, which in turn allowed them to The tie in the 32nd round will start only at home.
Their opponents will be Racing de Santander, third in the group, and the match will be played on this date. On Thursday, January 4, at five o’clock in the afternoon, at the Diego Quiles field in the Altabi sports cityX.
This will be a historic event and Elche are dreaming of overcoming the draw and advancing to the quarter-finals. Reach the “Final Four” at the Royal Spanish Football Federation’s (RFEF) Football City in Las RozasAlthough everything can be expected from this team, things will be more complicated.
A huge turnout is expected to beat the Cantabrians. The Elche club has decided that first team subscribers will have access to:free with your card this season. Set prices ten euros for the general public And Children under the age of 6 will also be allowed to enter the match free of charge..
Carlos Geraldo assures that they will contest this tie against Racing de Santander “with great enthusiasm”. “Living is a beautiful thing. We have been working for a long time to achieve this. “From the first day of pre-season, we set out to be among the top four to compete in the Cup.”
The Elche Juvenil coach thinks his players are well prepared for this big challenge: “I expected more nerves and I’m sure they had that courage too, but they made up for it with determination. Even though they came from New Year’s Eve on January 1st and like all young people, they loved going out, they came to training with great excitement and determination.S”.
Geraldo warns that Racing de Santander will be a tough opponent. “We started working from the first day we learned in the draw that we would have an opponent.. We analyzed seven-eight matches and we see that they are a good team. He finished the first round in third place in his group, but they have to go first. They started a little hesitantly with draws against Celta, Deportivo and Oviedo, but In the last month and a half they have drawn only one match and won the rest“.