After 8:30 p.m., the Real Sociedad de Fútbol expedition arrived in Ponferrada, led by its president Jokin Aperribay. Minutes later I had dinner planned. These are the players summoned by Imanol Alguacil who traveled by road to El Bierzo to stay at the Ciudad de Ponferrada hotel before the match: Álex Remiro, Marrero, Fraga; Odriozola, Aihen, Zubeldia, Aritz, Javi López, Pacheco, Aguerd, Aramburu, Martín; Zakharyan, Alasagasti, Turrientes, Brais Méndez, Sucic, Marín; Barrenetexea, Óskarsson, Oyarzabal, Take Kubo and Sergio Gómez.
La Real visits Ponferrada for the first time and does so practically without players from the reserve team. It remains to be seen if the Orio coach is going to make the less common players play or, as he hinted in the preview, he will do so with the best to try to advance to the round of 16 and not suffer an elimination against a lower category team like him. He went to Real Mallorca in Pontevedra or to Sevilla FC in Almería.
Kubo takes a photograph with a fan in Ponferrada.ANA F. BARREDO
Last season Real reached the semifinals in the cup competition, falling precisely in Palma de Mallorca on penalties after tying after 120 minutes.
This Sunday's duel is played at three thirty in El Toralín. The ticket offices open at 12:00 p.m. There are 7,300 tickets withdrawn until this Saturday, the day on which the cards of members who did not purchase their tickets were released.
Imanol Alguacil, Real's coach, signs a shirt.ANA F. BARREDO
