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The aggression occurred after Fekir signed the provisional draw with an Olympic goal in the final stretch of the first half
Unfortunate, despicable, a terrible image of Spanish football in Europe and a blow to a magnificent tournament like the Copa del Rey, also revitalized with the single-game qualifiers. The star game of the round of 16 between Betis and Sevilla has been suspended as a result of the impact of an object thrown from the stands on the head of visiting midfielder Joan Jordán when the result was a draw (1-1).
From now on, after the report issued by the Basque referee De Burgos Bengoetxea, the federation delegate and those responsible for security, it will be the Competition Committee that decides as a matter of urgency if the match resumes from minute 39 to door closed or with part of the stands empty, if it is held on a neutral field or, in the most unlikely case, the tie is considered lost to Betis.
For reasons of the calendar, compressed to the maximum, the most logical thing is that the clash resumed this Sunday, the day for which the Atlético Baleares-Valencia cupbearer match is already scheduled, the League match between Elche and Villarreal and the final of the Super Cup that measures Athletic and Real Madrid in Saudi Arabia.
Otherwise, quite a few dates would have to be readjusted because everything is compressed to the maximum, the quarter draw is set for next Friday morning, Sevilla will face Valencia on Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. in a league match, Betis He does it on Tuesday against Alavés and the regulations establish that at least 48 hours must pass between two games of the same team.
The sad incident occurred just after Nabil Fekir signed the provisional equalizer (1-1) with a superb Olympic goal. Just after his left-footed shot poisoned the young man from Cordoba, Alfonso Pastor, a debutant in the Seville team’s goal, from one of the Benito Villamarín funds they threw a kind of plastic bar that hit Jordán in the head. Fortunately, the object was not metallic because perhaps we were talking about something else now.
From then on, a great stir arose, with constant protests from the Sevilla fans to the referee led by their coach, Julen Lopetegui. After various consultations and while Jordán was being treated on the sideline by the Nervionense team’s medical services, the Basque referee De Burgos Bengoetxea decided that the players should go to the locker room. Approximately half an hour later, the match was called off and the Betas players came out onto the pitch to say goodbye to their fans.
Until the attack on Jordán, it had been an exciting duel, with Betas very dominant, although it was Sevilla who managed to score on their first approach. Oliver Torres scrambled for a ball, stole the defender’s bag and his backward assist turned it into a pass into the net by Papa Gómez. Pellegrini’s team reacted wonderfully, matching their best player and the unfortunate action took place, which is not the first in the great Andalusian derby or in the Heliopolitan feud.
Mallorca opens the way
Earlier, in the early afternoon, Mallorca became the first quarterfinalists after beating Espanyol in a highly rivalry match played in a Balearic fiefdom. The vermilion team took away with this sip butler the bad taste of the last few days in the league, with three consecutive defeats that even put the future of coach Luis García Plaza into discussion.
Little history until Take Kubo, after half an hour of play, drew a masterful free kick launch. That goal unleashed hostilities between two bitter rivals since Vicente Moreno changed the Son Moix bench for the RCDE Stadium. He did it in August 2020 to lead the parakeet team in Second after descending with Mallorca. And García Plaza arrived on the Balearic island. Last year both teams competed for the leadership in the silver category and both were promoted.
Mallorca seemed to clinch the victory after another strategic action, executed in a corner kick by Salva Sevilla and culminated in a header by Abdón Prats. There was half an hour to go and Espanyol seemed dead. But it was resurrected with the controversial goal by Javi Puado, awarded at the request of the VAR after almost five minutes of deliberations and cross talks. There was uncertainty and nerves on the surface until the end, with Pedrosa expelled.
Guardiola and Zidane conquer Montilivi
Twenty years after losing in the quarterfinals against Real Madrid, Rayo also celebrated reaching that round of the Copa del Rey after coming back against a good Girona team in Montilivi. The Colombian Bernardo Espinosa put the Catalan team ahead, but Sergi Guardiola decided with a brace in just four minutes between the end of the first half and the start of the second. First he drew a formidable volley from the edge of the area after a rejected ball and then unbalanced the score by taking advantage of a mistake by the fry between the youth squad Kebe and the goalkeeper Juan Carlos, formerly of Rayo.
The red-and-red team, which precisely beat Girona in the final due to last year’s promotion, once again prevailed over a team that had just won five games in a row. Broken illusions in Míchel’s team, a rayista at heart who played as a player for 17 years in the club of the populous Madrid neighborhood. Rayo suffered until the end, as Luca Zidane saved a penalty from Stuani and in added time a goal against Moreno was annulled for a millimetric offside. The best team in its stadium in Europe, also walks steadily in the KO tournament. And Girona fell with greatness.
Lucky debut for Sergio in Cádiz
It was an insufferable contest, but Sergio González made his debut at the helm of Cádiz with a victory on penalties against Sporting, one of the remaining survivors of the SmartBank League. A curious outcome, since David Gallego, the local coach, brought out Joel Jiménez, the subsidiary’s goalkeeper, who made his debut in the first team at a key moment, at the last minute of extra time. The Avilesian was able to make history, but the four penalties that were thrown at him were scored while the Gijonese missed two, one stopped Villalba by David Gil, Ledesma’s usual substitute, and another crashed on the crossbar by Pedro Díaz.
The impotence exercise of Asturians and Andalusians showed that they are not for many cup adventures, rather to focus on their regular competitions, since the people of Gijón are fourteenth in Second and the Cadiz penultimate in First. In fact, the yellows showed up at El Molinón after a tense week in which they fired coach Álvaro Cervera, an icon with whom they returned to the elite and maintained a course with sufficiency.
King’s Cup: Round of 16
Mallorca-Espanyol (1-2)
Girona-Rayo (1-2)
Sporting-Cádiz (0-0, 2-4 penalties)
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