Real Sociedad faces Jove Español in the Copa del Rey in a very strange situation, playing the game during the break and without many of its pillars due to international commitments. Thus, the call for Imanol Alguacil It is 21 players, of which only 12 are first team players for all purposes.
The main risk of the tie, almost on par with that of being surpassed by the modest Third RFEF team, is incurring improper alignment. And the regulations are clear. There must be at least seven players with a first team record on the green at all times. If not, the opponent can challenge the match and will win 3-0. There are no nuances. If in the last three minutes, with no changes to be made, the balance is seven from the first team and four from the reserve team, and one of the first team suffers a serious incident that requires him to leave the field of play, the opponent may challenge rightly and he will win the game.
Imanol He already warned this at a press conference. “We are going with 21. We had to think and decide seeing where the players come from and that we have to have seven from the first team on the field. That will determine the eleven and the possible changes,” he said. The usual thing in these cases is to never drop below the eight players from the first team, to avoid risks due to injuries or unforeseen expulsions, and also to avoid starting with 11 from the first team, because it limits you later when it comes to making changes.
The Oriotarra has foals from all positions to rotate tomorrow, but Marrero, Odriozola, Aihen, Aritz, Pacheco, Urko, Olasagasti, Sergio Gómez, Barrenetxea, Sadiq, Magunazelaia and Turrientes They should have an important weight in the match. It is very likely that all 12 or at least 11 will play some minutes.
A very close risk precedent
The closest case related to this topic is from this week. Pontevedra beat Levante in one of the postponed Cup matches, and they did it on the green. But it was close to being able to say that they had won 3-0 due to a bad decision by Levante. The coach of the granota team Julian Calero He fielded only seven players from the first team and four from the reserve team. One of those four young people, Navarromade a mistake and was sent off with a straight red card in the 18th minute. If the person sent off became one of the first team, Levante would have automatically lost the game as there were only six players from the first team on the green for a few seconds. TO Calero vertigo came over him, and at the break he removed another young man as Fernández to enter Becausefrom the first team.
