The Copa del Rey is undoubtedly the best national competition that Spanish football has; in that anything can happen to us. This beautiful competition gives us matches that pit giant teams on the national scene against very humble teams, in which most of the footballers, apart from putting on their boots, also get down to work, to fulfill their roles in their respective jobs.
A few years ago, the new Cup format gave the opportunity to teams below Third Division national to play against clubs of great importance among the best Spanish divisions.
One of those modest teams was Club Deportivo Gévora, whose luck in the draw paired them with a somewhat recent cup champion, Real Betis Balompiéwho the previous year also visited Almendralejo to face a team from the 1st Division of Extremadura, in this case the Hernán Cortes. The Extremaduran team suffered a huge defeat from the Betis, losing 1-12. This time the Gevorenses did not concede as many goals as their rival team in league competition.
Compared to previous years, the first year in which an Extremadura team participated in the regional was CF Jaraizwho did not overcome the previous round against Laguna de Tenerife and the following year, it was Santa Amalia who was lucky enough to overcome the previous round and face Villarreal, but was finally defeated.
Defeat with a taste of victory
In a match in which the players of Manuel Pellegrini It was good for them to gain sensations and consequently defeat their rival; When the scoreboard reflected 0-6 against in the final minutes, the match referee signaled a penalty in favor of the people from Badajoz, who would have the opportunity to leave the Copa del Rey at a very high level. Real Betis.
The person in charge of taking the maximum penalty was Juanma, who would not forgive the occasion, beating the Betic goalkeeper and closing the final score 1-6. The modest footballers were aware that their cup dream was just seconds away from ending, but it was well worth it and they celebrated it in style among everyone.
At the end of the game, the party continued in the town of Extremadura, welcoming the players with green flares and black-green scarves to the sky.
