The Mirandés stretched a little more his good reputation in the Copa del Rey entering this Thursday by surprise in the draw for the quarterfinals. On Friday he will meet a rival of Primera, the third one he faces after eliminating Celta and Sevilla, whom he scored in Anduva, his stadium. Sending from the beginning, the Second Division team, the only one left in the tournament, took one of the favorites in the competition ahead and ranked third in the League, only behind Barcelona and Real Madrid. [3-1: Narration and statistics]

One of the big two could fall in luck to the Mirandés in the draw that takes place at 13.00. The quarters will be played next week still in a single match. In the case of the Burgos team, being inferior, knows that he will play safe at home .

The Mirandés began the game very seriously, squeezing the ball out of Sevilla and gave the bell very soon with an early goal from Matheus that aroused the madness in Anduva. The Brazilian was ahead of the rojillo team after winning the ball with his body and remaining alone against Vaclik who could not stop right to the second post of the Mirandés striker. The Mirandés did not stop, soon again hurting Sevilla. Matheus scored the second after a mistake by Ever Banega and a little help from Gudelj, who touched the ball with his back to mislead his goalkeeper. Julen Lopetegui made three changes at the break, but he didn't change the tonic.

The Second team passed over the First team. Not even the failure of a penalty that the VAR detected ( Diego Carlos elbow ) made Mirandés nervous in the final stretch, with a Sevilla already looking for the desperate goal. The local goal stopped almost everything to the Andalusians, until Álvaro Rey finished the game when his people suffered the most. A clearance after a corner of Sevilla, the Sevilla was the fastest and despite the fact that Vaclik stopped the first attempt to the second marked the third, which gave the final pass to the quarterfinals to Mirandés. His roof in the Cup is in 2012, when he made history reaching the semifinals being a Second B club.

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