0-6 in Navalcarnero An overwhelming Granada
Copa del Rey. Eighth finals
At the
Athletic
no one can come
down from the cloud.
Five consecutive victories, four comebacks and the feeling that
Marcelino
has activated a fireproof team that knows how and when to win.
As if the game were scripted, the rojiblancos traveled the same path that a week ago put them in the second round against another Second B: massive rotations, goal against and comeback from the men on the bench.
And there are players who can rest, but only for a while.
Raúl García, Muniain and Williams are three of them.
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Not an inch did the
Alcoyano bow
.
Much respect, but no fear.
How to have it after having eliminated
Real Madrid
.
Marcelino's team was received with more impudence.
A shot at the stick in the first minute the warning.
The infinite rotations in the rojiblanco eleven did not prevent him from setting a high rhythm that made Deportivo dizzy, but to which he soon got used to.
It was part of the plan to hold on to the first blows and react, without haste to a nervous rival who was finding it increasingly difficult to get rid of the sticky spider web that the Alicante drew in defense.
In their first line of pressure, Unai López and Vesga were trapped no matter how much Marcelino cried out from the side.
From there Alcoyano grew, looking for quick cons with Mourad putting his balls between the three sticks of a restless
Ezkeita
, who could do nothing before
Pablo Carbonell's free-
kick
.
The youth squad's left-footed shot advanced Second B and fueled the dream.
Athletic wanted to respond with a Morcillo center that Vesga combed out.
Oxygen and gunpowder
If Marcelino had repeated rotations like in Ibiza, he also had to use the bench at half-time.
He also had a plan and it was written in it that he would only use
Raúl García
and
Muniain's
bullets
in case of need.
As soon as he put them on the lawn of El Collao, the game cracked.
A lateral center from Lekue was headed by
Villalibre
, much more comfortable to annoy the centrals and who had the second in his boots after a center from Raúl García that Muniain fought against him, but could not beat him.
Without time for Alcoyano to rebuild and approach the red-and-white area, one more blow to avoid extra time.
Oxygen for the center of the field and more gunpowder:
Iñaki Williams
.
Vicente Parras responded to the challenge, who saw his men resisting but embedded in their area in an increasingly clear way.
The tie was tilted until the hero
José Juan
did not measure well to save a Muniain center that Williams headed at will to head the way to the quarterfinals.
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