Solde, the hat trick of the former Barça squad who almost achieved the miracle of the Cup: "I've been culé since I was born"

Oriol Soldevila is a former Barça youth squad.

And, in addition, a partner since childhood.

He himself does not hesitate when it comes to confessing what his colors are.

But, with the ball in play and on the pitch, there are no valid feelings.

This was demonstrated with the tremendous hat trick with which he brought the cup duel between the Catalans and the modest Intercity to an extension for which almost no one seemed willing to bet too much in Alicante.

He and his companions, of course, were an exception.

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For a moment, Intercity cherished the possibility of repeating the feat that Gramanet or Novelda signed years ago.

The latter, more than 20 years ago and by the hand precisely of Madrigal, a scorer who, like Soldevila, also managed to take three goals in the bag and managed to cause the elimination of the Barcelona fans without even needing extra time.

When that happened, the great protagonist of the evening between the Alicante team and the team that

now coaches was a few days away from completing his first six months of life.

The current Barcelona coach, on the other hand, lived it from the grass.

Oriol Soldevila was in the Barça youth team for a couple of years.

However, he did not finish convincing the technicians and he had to find a life away from his love club.

Soccer led him to play in England, where he would go through the ranks of the second team of Birmingham City.

From there, as a free agent, he would join the ranks of an Intercity last summer that considered him a luxury reinforcement.

Not surprisingly, in his last season with the British team he played 19 games, gave five assists and scored four goals.

So, he signed a contract for two seasons that, perhaps, could end up ending earlier than expected.

His great performance against Barça, the team he loves, will surely have caught the attention of more than one scout and the winter market is already in full swing.

"I didn't believe it"

"I've been a culé since I was born and a partner too, but having been able to score is a dream, really.

. The team has been perfect, we ran as fast as that our teammate needed us to run and we leave with our heads held high", Soldevila himself analyzed before the Movistar microphones as soon as the duel ended.

"

, but we had our options and a well-rounded game came out for us. Then, we already know that they have world-class players who can mess you up in any time, and that's how it has been," he added.

For a moment, as he confessed, he saw himself risking everything from 11 meters.

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, but what we have to do now is focus on the League," said the Intercity striker against Barça, who also had no problem admitting that he still has a very good friend in the barcelonista squad: the second azulgrana goalkeeper yesterday.

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, but my best friend in the world of football is Arnau Tenas, who is there, and I'm going to ask him for it too," Soldevila settled with a smile from ear to ear.

"

. It's not easy, it has these things and several First Division teams were already out in the previous round. In the last one we won, we went to extra time in every game. This has to help us learn, correct what has to be corrected and prepare for the great game we have this Sunday. It will be a final", said Ronald Araujo, who opened the scoring at Rico Pérez and also managed to save a goal almost on the line .

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