Almería knocks down and thrashes Sevilla to the sound of Luis Suárez

The Cup is usually full of surprises. After Mallorca, the other ‘bell’ of the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey was played by Sevilla, who were eliminated. Xavi García Pimienta’s team visited the Almería field, which leads the Second Division and arrived in a state of grace for the Andalusian derby.

The people of Seville were thrashed at the Almeria venue with an exhibition by the Colombian striker Luis Suárez, who signed a hat trickand with the same from the Serbian Marezi. The Nervión team were ahead on the scoreboard, but Rubi’s team grew bigger and clearly swept away the Sevillistas.

García Pimienta’s team got off to a good start when Isaac Romero scored five minutes into the game. The Seville team held on and resisted Almería’s attacks until half time. The setback began to brew in the second half. In just ten minutes, the Indálico team turned the duel with goals from Marezi (49) and the first from Luis Suárez (55). Nervión’s team was completely overwhelmed and dismasted.

The locals kept their foot on the accelerator and put another gear to make it 3-1 through the boots of Luis Suárez (78). Rubi’s team showed all the shortcomings and weaknesses of the visitors. Far from settling, they wanted to increase the income and seal the ticket to the round of 16 with more goals. The Colombian also scored the final goal in injury time from the penalty spot (96), which confirmed Sevilla’s disaster. The setback is capital for those of Sánchez-Pizjuán.

Huesca, 0 – Betis, 1

Isco guides Betis to the round of 16

Betis used Isco’s genius to secure their place in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey. Manuel Pellegrini’s team won 0-1 against Huesca, who had two goals disallowed for offside. The green and white dominated the match in El Alcoraz, but that control of the match did not translate into clear scoring opportunities that would help them seal the duel.

After a few first minutes that were a monologue from the Andalusian team, the Huesca team recovered and had several opportunities to take the lead. However, the Betis wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Aragonese were going towards their goal to surprise with the counterattack. In the 38th minute, Isco beat the local goalkeeper with an unreachable shot.

In the second half, Pellegrini’s men went further and created more danger in the rival area, but they lacked forcefulness to make it 0-2. When this resolution was not reached, Antonio Hidalgo’s team (who was expelled) broke down and intensified their attacks to try to reopen the tie. In fact, the referee annulled two goals by the locals (from Sergi Enrich and Soko) in the last seven minutes for offside.

Tenerife, 1 – Osasuna, 2

Osasuna suffers to advance to the next round

Of the First Division teams, Osasuna also complied. Vicente Moreno’s team got the ticket for the next round of the Cup with a victory against Tenerife (1-2). It was a duel of contrasts: while the rojillos dominated at will in the first half, the Tenerife people were superior after the halfway point and were able to send the tie to extra time until the last breath.

The Navarrese team made its first attempt on goal in the 6th minute as a result of a corner that Rubén García took and that Herrando sent to the back of the net, finishing with his shoulder. The people of Pamplona made Álvaro Cervera’s team struggle and got the match back on track before the half hour mark with another goal that came through a corner. However, local defender León mistakenly put the ball into his goal.

Although the red team seemed to have the match under control, the island team rebelled against the visiting supremacy and began to stalk the rival area. Two minutes before half-time, Boyomo scored an own goal and the goal gave Cervera’s team some air. In the second half, the Tenerife team continued to grow and had three clear chances to tie the match. On the other hand, Osasuna did not manage to shoot on goal again until the 82nd minute. What seemed like a walk ended up becoming suffering.