Villarreal, Celta and Levante, eliminated – kudupinter World News Network

The afternoon started off badly for the first category teams. In the early morning of Cultural-Levante, Tresaco took barely 10 minutes to open the scoring. For the team led by Ziganda in the Second Division, this goal was enough to certify the victory and eliminate a team, … the Valencian, who didn’t really react after sending Calero off the bench.

Levante pressed in bursts, with more intensity in the final minutes of the second half. Although they didn’t dominate consistently, they had a few clear chances down the stretch, including a Romero header that bounced spectacularly off the crossbar of the home goal. This is where the Blaugrana’s chances of staying alive in the Ko tournament collapsed.

Immediately afterwards, Villarreal was the star of the disaster of the day. The Castellón team, new participant in the Champions League and third in the League, fell to Racing.

The Second Division leader demonstrated his good form in a brilliant start which saw him score two goals in less than half an hour, both signed by a lively Arana.

Marcelino’s men tried unsuccessfully to reduce the gap. Ayoze succeeded, but the goal came in the 86th minute. There was little time left and Yellow’s attacks relied on willpower rather than quality and good judgment.

Comesaña, with a header, and Moleiro, with a long shot, signed the last two harmless shots for Villarreal and, with them, the last minutes of the Villarreal club in this edition of the Copa del Rey.

Meanwhile, in Albacete, Celta was swimming against the tide… only to end up drowning on the edge of penalties. The Galicians did the most difficult thing by coming back from the start 1-0. And they rubbed their hands, thinking that victory was almost certain, but Vallejo appeared in the 93rd minute to equalize (2-2). The scoreboard did not move during extra time and during the penalty shootout, the Vigo team failed to score a single goal.

Despite the final result (2-4), Osasuna also sweated in the cold Aragonese night. They started to lose, managed to force overtime and completed the comeback in the 95th minute, but in the 105th minute Huesca equalized again. Ultimately, Osambela and Budimir scored both goals in the hard-fought victory.