Football
The sixth category team thrashed Melilla CD (4-1) in front of a thousand people at the Sánchez Luengo
The football team of the Cartagena deputation of El Algar, sixth category, will play against a First Division team in the Copa del Rey. CD Algar won this Wednesday night against Melilla CD, also from Preferred, in the previous round of this tournament (4-1). This humble club can face Atlético de Madrid, Sevilla or Villarreal, among other rivals, on November 12 in the draw next Monday in Las Rozas. The idea is that it be played at the Cartagonova stadium.
A thousand people packed the Sánchez Luengo, the charming field of CD Algar. There was an invasion of the field in a night already historic for the residents of this Cartagena deputation of 8,400 inhabitants. His team solved the ninety-minute final without problems against a knocked-out Melilla CD, very tired due to an infernal journey by plane and road. The North Africans arrived at six in the evening, two hours before the start of the match.
Local striker Nico Carrasco, a teacher by profession, signed a vital double to open the scoring in the 7th minute and avoid surprises after the break, with the 3-1 in the 47th minute. Before, Moglhi, who is a shop assistant and he went through the subsidiary of Efesé, established the definitive 4-1; and Ketchup, mythical of regional football, broke the tie before the break (2-1).
Loss of consciousness of a player
The game was stopped for half an hour by a strong clash of heads between two players; Visiting centre-back Kevin took the worst part, losing consciousness. Another drama in the field of Sánchez Luengo. In 2016, the player Rafa Lorente suffered a cardiac arrest and spent several days in an induced coma. And in 2021, 19-year-old Union referee Fernando Alcaraz passed away during the warm-up. This time, Kevin regained consciousness and was transferred to the Santa Lucía Hospital in Cartagena after 30 minutes, when the ambulance arrived, sources from 112 reported.
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