The singing of this Copa del Rey dressed again in epic could not have a better hero protagonist of historical deeds than the Cultural and Sports Leonesa , able to put the champion against the ropes even if his luck has left him on the edge of the quarterfinals. He defeated Atlético de Madrid and caused cold sweats in a Valencia that, at times, was ejected from the competition. The hand that held him was that of Jaume Domenech , who stopped the first two penalties of the Castilians and clouded his feat. [Narration and statistics]

The warnings were not enough to prevent Valencia from trotting to the Kingdom of León and taking a scare with a shot by Théresin in the first minute. The Cultural soon found the weak point of Celades' team: the right band of Thierry Correia . The Portuguese suffered a lot in which he can be one of his last games as a starter before the imminent arrival on loan from the captain of Rome, Alessandro Florenzi. He was tickled by Augusto , who with a center-kick to the crossbar was about to surprise a confident Jaume. The duel was presumed very unequal, but the Portuguese could breathe when the Brazilian left the field with his shoulder dislocated.

The Cultural did not give a break and Valencia had a hard time approaching Giffard . Soler looked for him with a pass from the Ferran baseline, but Aitor arrived a thousandth earlier. Serious and supportive in defense, the team of José Manuel Aira had under control an opponent who could not remove the claws . And besides, he stretched fast in search of Jaume's goal.

The Valencians grew up as Parejo did, always with the encouragement of Antonio Martínez in the neck and only in the creation despite the fact that Celades placed Kang-In forward to Gameiro. Still, the Frenchman sent his best chance chopped over the crossbar and fought to leave a pass behind that Correia did not catch.

A chopped header from Kondogbia was the warning with which the second part began in which, despite the entry of Maxi Gómez , Valencia also did not find where to reach a Cultural that was feeling powerful and dominating . Neither missing nor looking for Gameiro's speed. There was no way to unfit the Leon, who had the quarters on Sergio Benito's thigh a few minutes after being forced to an extension in which they cowed Valencia.

Luque crashed a right into the crossbar and only the fear of losing encouraged the Valencians. But Giffard's mitt frustrated Ferran, who tried it with another left-footed shot, and Sobrino's decision in a double shot sent them to the penalty spot, where Sant Jaume appeared to them to tackle Menudo and Benito's shots.

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