Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 8:41 p.m.
| Updated 10:46 p.m.
The Copa del Rey, a tournament that usually serves to motivate and generate enthusiasm for being able to host a ‘great’ in its own fiefdom, catches Amorebieta at a bad time. First, because what the Blues have to do is be the visitor in this first round and travel to Aragonese lands for the second time in just four days to face Barbastro.
And second, and much more important, because the Zornotzarras are immersed in a sporting downturn that has resulted in the abrupt departure of Julen Guerrero and part of the coaching staff. A movement that seeks to nip the team’s dynamics in the bud, with only one victory in ten games and a chain of four defeats and a draw in its last five games. A reaction on the green that serves as a definitive turning point in an Amorebieta relegated from the Second Division and that closes the table in the First Federation.
This Cup match is, at the moment, an uncomfortable procedure that Amorebieta, who has not yet designated his new starter for the bench, is forced to try to successfully complete. A position that will be occupied on an interim basis by Gorka Moreno, the coach of the Zornotzarra subsidiary and who has been in charge of directing the afternoon session this Wednesday in Urritxe.
He will presumably do so until the return of the clash against Barbastro. Because in the face of Sunday’s very complicated confrontation against Cultural Leonesa, the Amorebieta sports directors trust that they will now have a new coach, who, if he arrived, would barely have time other than to get in touch with his new players. before receiving the leader.
In the midst of this panorama, Amorebieta will try to find a place in the next round of the Cup against a Barbastro that wants to repeat the good role it had last year in this competition. The Aragonese team was one of those teams that could be called a ‘surprise’ in the Cup, since it left superior rivals such as Ponferradina and Almería in the gutter, and made things very complicated in the round of 32 against Barcelona, who won by a tight 2-3 in a very disputed match.
As is usually the case in these cases, the blue coach will try to distribute minutes between players who usually have less presence in the team, such as Aurtenetxe, who is practically unheard of this campaign, Mauro Bravo or Berto. The goal will be occupied by Unai Marino who still has to serve one more game of suspension in the League.
