Las Palmas, Valladolid Crash Out of Copa del Rey

Date: 06 January 2025 - 22:10

News ID: ۱۳۵۵۴۰

MADRID (Reuters) - The third round of the Copa del Rey saw two more upsets on Sunday with La Liga sides crashing out against lower-league opposition.
Second-division Elche claimed an emphatic 4-0 win at home to top-flight Las Palmas, with the home side dominating from start to finish and moving into the last-16 with Rodrigo Mendoza’s goal on the stroke of halftime.
Elche then ran riot after the break with goals from David Affengruber, Jose Salinas and Nicolas Fernandez sealing a resounding win.
Third-tier Ourense twice came back from behind before dumping out La Liga’s bottom club Valladolid 3-2.
Raul Moro and Selim Amallah twice put Valladolid ahead in the first half, but the visitor was quickly pegged back by Jairo Noriega and Jerin Ramos, before Angel Sanchez scored the winner for the home side seven minutes after the break.
Celta Vigo was close to being knocked out as well, as it trailed 2-1 away to Racing Santander with just four minutes of normal time on the clock, before an own goal and a 92nd-minute finish from Alfon saw it through.
Racing opened the scoring after just eight minutes when Andres Martin kept calm after being slipped through on goal, although Alfon’s first goal of the game soon leveled the score.
The second-division side was down to 10 men before halftime when defender Alvaro Mantilla was sent off for bringing down Alfon when the striker was through on goal, but it dug deep and retook the lead when Javi Rodriguez deflected a shot into his own net.