First it was Oviedo and now Girona. Ourense adds points to become the ‘Giant Killer’ of this edition of the Copa del Rey. The Galician team, ranked twelfth in Group A of the Spanish Primera Division, qualified for the third round after its victory … Or Cotto for Girona, who responded late. Yusti scored in the first minute. Asprilla equalized for the Catalan team in the 28th minute, and in the second half, Al-Wahdi (63) scored the final goal.
Among the rest of the “Primera” teams, the team that suffered the least was Betis, who beat Torrent with a hat-trick from Rodrigo Riquelme, the real positive hero of the match. The former Atletico player, who scored twice in the previous cup match against Palma del Rio, has proven himself again after several weeks in which he played a minor role in both the league and the Europa League.
Real Sociedad also won by a greater margin of one goal, although in their case they had to wait until the 92nd minute to catch their breath, after the penalty kick scored by Sadiq. Before that, Mikel Guti had put the San Sebastian team ahead at the start of the second half.
Finally, Levante qualified against Siezza thanks to a single goal scored by Colaibo in the 56th minute.
The second round of the King’s Cup
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