BarcelonaThe Cup is back on track. The sixteen teams that play in the round of 16, and that will be played to advance in the cup competition, already have their rival assigned. Barça, the current trophy champions, will face Rayo Vallecano on March 2 or 3 in Vallecas. The eliminatory one, to unique party, will have on the field two equipment with totally antagonistic realities. Apart from the results (Barça top the table while the Madrid club is last), the clubs are at the opposite end in terms of the professionalism and conditions of their players.
The Madrid team has been the protagonist since the beginning of the season due to the lack of resources for women. Without medical services, without a delegate, without complete equipment for this season, with unpaid rents from the club … This is how the footballers trained by Carlos Santiso, the quintessential protagonist of the controversy in Vallecas, live. “We need to take one, but it’s older so we don’t get into shit, and load it all together.” This is how the new coach of Rayo defended group rapes as a tool of cohesion in a message from five years ago and which has now come to light. Despite apologizing, the football world is still outraged by the fact that Raúl Martín Presa, president of the Madrid team, keeps a coach on the bench who is his personal bet to save the season.
This Rayo will face a devastating Barça, with the clear aim of achieving a new treble and which, clearly, makes a firm commitment to women’s football. With very different realities, the two teams will be on the pitch to get the ticket for the quarterfinals of the Cup.
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