He Prince Philip will dress up this Thursday for the visit of the Atlético de Madrid to play the second round of the Copa of the King. One more match that will remain in the history of the Club Cacereño Sports Centerwho knows perfectly well what it’s like to face teams from higher categories and, in some cases, even defeat them. In Caceresa place whose number of inhabitants greatly exceeds the region of Victhe last place the Colchonero club visited in this competition, they are already more than prepared to receive one of the best teams in the world.
Of course, there is no fear on the part of the local team. They have nothing to lose and much to dream aboutso they will surely try to measure themselves against those of Diego Pablo Simeone with all the weapons they have at their disposal. It won’t be something new for him. CP Cacereñowill seek to repeat the feats they achieved a few years ago in the Cup of the Rey when they eliminated to the iconic Málaga who disputed the Champions League in the Rosaleda or to Alcorcon.
Although there was an edition in which «The Dean of Extremeño Football» It occupied much of the country’s news last season. From the first moment, the CP Cacereño I didn’t have an easy path Copa of the King. First of all, they faced Córdobato those who won with solvency for three to zero despite there being a division in between. The next round measured them against, possibly, the revelation team of the previous year in Spainhe Girona of Michel. Although the Catalan team was going through great moments, they did not manage to emerge victorious from the Prince Felipe and they fell for two to one. Once again, CP Cacereño made history by eliminating ‘a first’.
CP Cacereño fell narrowly against Real Madrid. Source: El Periódico Extremadura.
And without those meetings it was not enough, destiny had one last surprise prepared for the people of Cáceres. He Real Madrid would visit their stadium to play the round of 32 of the King’s Cup. Many imagined that this could be the end of this team in the competition, and although it really was like that, They stood up to the white teamwho took the narrow victory with a single goal from Rodrygo. Thus ended a historic tournament for the CP Cacereñowhich proved to be a tough club to crack for the next editions.
-This season they want to repeat that milestone by creating another great King’s Cup taking advantage of the great moment they are going through in the domestic competition, where They have chained seven consecutive games without knowing defeat. Furthermore, in the first round they eliminated the Segovian Gymnastics by two points to one.
After what we experienced approximately a year ago, it will be Atlético de Madrid the next club of high standards the one that will try to emerge undefeated from the Prince Philip. The red and whites will be more than warned that what the CP Cacereñobut also because of what was experienced before the UE Vic. Although they achieved victory, it was not until he left Julian Alvarez to the grass that the future of the match was in the air. It wouldn’t be the first time that the ‘Cholo‘ They gave the surprise against lower level teams, so they will not be able to relax at any time.
Atlético de Madrid suffered against UE Vic. Photo: Atlético de Madrid.
Thus, the match that will await us from the 19:00 It appears to be very intense for both sets. And even more so if the tie is decided in a single match where anything can happen. That’s the magic of King’s Cup which is expected to appear again in the fiefdom of the humble and dreamer CP Cacereño.
