The preliminary phase of the Cup: Espanyol, Nàstic, Olot: chronicle, goals and result

A gesture of inconsideration by Dani Gómez, who pushed the referee, cost him an absurd and inexplicable expulsion that may complicate his future in the team. With the little prominence he has in the League, it would not be ruled out that the club would consider canceling his transfer early. Espanyol had to sweat bravely to overcome the resistance of a team that, in the first half, had enough defending with the lines together. The white-and-blues had more dominance and chances, but, with Lazo, Dani Gómez and Melamed up top, they couldn’t find any goals in the first half. The wardrobe disappointed.

Diego Martínez, who gave minutes to many youngsters, shook the team at half-time with three changes that showed he had not liked what he had seen in the first half. At the start of the restart, Rincón was also left with ten due to the expulsion of Conejo for a tackle on Expósito. The white-and-blues, again with numerical equality, knew how to impose their quality in the second half.

The Nàstic de Tarragona will also be in the hype of the thirty-two finals of the Copa del Rey. The team from Tarragona won at home against Racing Rioja (0-2), a team from the Second RFEF, in Las Gaunas. The Gran team went to work: Lupu and Montes scored both goals in the first 26 minutes.

Olot, meanwhile, said goodbye to the Cup with a resounding defeat (0-4) against one of the contenders for promotion to the First Division, Levante. Despite the urgency that lives in the Second RFEF, where it is penultimate and has salvation with four points, the Garrotxí team presented a line-up full of starters. The Valencians left the game on track in the first half hour of play, with four goals in the first 35 minutes.

Stuani and Castellanos travel to Conca

Girona wants to avoid any surprises in San Marcos, where they will be welcomed this Sunday by a team from the Tercera RFEF, Quintanar del Rey (12 p.m., Champions League). Míchel, who dreams of reaching the semi-finals, has called up the main strikers of the Girona team, Stuani and Taty Castellanos. He also mentioned the youngsters of the Ureña subsidiary, Artero, Joel Roca and Biel Farrés. Instead, he rests starters like Gazzaniga, David López and Oriol Romeu. At the same time, Mollerussa (Primera Catalana) will look to star in the surprise against Rayo Vallecano. Lleida Esportiu (Second RFEF), for its part, will receive the leader of the Second Division, Alabès, from 6 p.m.