Wednesday, November 27, 2024, 2:08 p.m.
Four years after Rayo Vallecano passed through Lasesarre, Barakaldo will once again face a team that plays in professional football -First and Second-. The draw for the second round of the Copa del Rey would provide a rival from the First or Second Division for the confrontation that will be held on December 3, 4 or 5. Finally, chance has determined that it is Racing de Ferrol, a team that has been active in the silver category for two seasons.
After defeating Lleida 1-3 in the first round of the Cup, the Baracaldians are still alive in this exciting tournament for teams that do not play in the leading national leagues. The Gualdinegro team already experienced a magical Copa del Rey night last year, facing Málaga, with 8,000 spectators in the Lasesarre stands, which registered a historic sell-out. Now they hope to revive a similar atmosphere against Racing Club Ferrol, despite the fact that it does not raise as much expectation.
There was an 18 per cent chance of a top-flight club visiting Lasesarre. Only two of the eleven teams classified in the First Federation would have that luck or misfortune. In this case, it was Unionistas and Ceuta that were assigned to Rayo Vallecano and Osasuna, respectively. The other nine would be measured against teams in the second rung. All of them like locals. Barakaldo would be in that shortlist.
Soon the ballot for the Left Bank squad came out, which would find out its matchup with Racing de Ferrol. The Galician team beat Cuarte de Tercera Federación 1-3 in the first phase and is second to last in the league, only ahead of Tenerife and Cartagena. Currently, they are going through a dynamic of six consecutive games without knowing victory in the Second Division. In their ranks, they have two Biscayan players such as Josué Dorrio and Eneko Jauregi, whom they signed last summer market from Amorebieta.
