He Real Madrid play in Cartagena one of those games in which the difference is abysmal. With his 15 European Cups and its impressive collection of trophies, Madrid enters the Cup against the Mining Sportsa team from the fourth category of Spanish football.
But it is not a new club. Its roots go back to 1949, in Beal Plain. That team reached the final of the 1954 Murcia Federation Cup. It was a tournament designed for 16 teams from Murcia, Alicante and Albacete to face each other with a system identical to that of the Cup.
The first crossing of the Mining Union It was with Jumilla, but the draw was restructured when he stayed in Elche without being able to play to be promoted to Second. The team of Altabix, The most powerful of the tournament, it was the first rival of the miners, a mid-table team in the regional. Expectation skyrocketed Beal Plain.
The Murcia team has exploded with joy at having won the competition
His field, the Ángel Cerdán, packed out on May 23 to see a surprising 3-3. In the second leg, which was expected to be a formality for the people from Elche, the final tie took the tie to an unexpected tiebreaker in The Condominium. A goal from Tato II put the Union in the quarterfinals.
5-0 at the home of Albacete I left the return in a procedure… but no. A complaint about improper alignment was attended to and it was decided that the move to the semi-finals would be decided in the second leg. The Union, which started losing 0-1, won 4-1. Albacete tried the same move by ensuring that Iodinethe mining meta, had already played the tournament with the Cartagena. It did not prosper.
José Blaya, president of Deportiva Minera, joked about the cup duel against the whites and confirmed that the Cartagonova Stadium will be the venue for the most anticipated match for the humble Murcian team.
The semi-final was not played when Hellín withdrew. La Minera was in the final and their rival would be Eldense, a higher category team, but less powerful than Elche and Albacete.
Enthusiasm overflowing, the final, scheduled for July 4, was played on the 11th so as not to coincide with the Generalissimo Cup. It was played at the Cartagena stadium under the refereeing of Mr. Cerezuela and Eldense won 2-1. The mining eleven was: Jodes; Ñoño, Tato I, Telechia; Juanito Sánchez, Vizcaíno; Guillamón, Nito, Fernando, Paquirri and Bonmatí.
They were other times. The scorer of the finall, Paquirri, and Guillamón They shared the Minera matches with those of the Navy League of War. They played for him Submarine Base.
The final against Eldense Now it is small compared to what it means for Deportiva Minera to face Real Madrid in the Cup.
First time in Cartagena
On March 26, 1926, the Real Madrid He visited Cartagena for the first time. I sent a team of reserves taking advantage of the fact that on the 28th they had a match against Murcia in the Cup group. On the Paseo Alfonso XII field, the UDCartago They beat a Madrid 3-0 with the Hernández Coronado brothers, Pablo and Rafael, in their eleven.
At Christmas
Madrid returned to Cartagena on Christmas 1962. On January 3, as part of the Christmas events organized by the mayor (Federico Trillo-Figueroa y Vázquez, father of the man who was Minister of Defense from 2000 to 2004), Madrid won 3-1.
Pepillo, with Madrid.BRAND FILE
Vitaller put the locals ahead so that later, in 12 minutes, the score went to 1-3 with goals from Pepillo, Félix Ruiz and Herrera.
As a curiosity, the referee was Manuel Cerezuela, the same one from the Minera final in 1954.
Anelka's debut
Real Madrid now puts Cartagena on your official match map. However, he was a regular guest in the summers in which the Bahía de Cartagena trophy put the naval city in the football spotlight.
Between 1994 and 2002, the trophy was played seven times and Madrid was present on six occasions. Four wins and two lost finals.
Of those summer adventures in Cartagena, the date of August 13, 1999 stands out. That was the day in which Nicolas Anelka, who was the most expensive signing in the club's history, debuted with Real Madrid.
It was against Perugia, a team that had at the axis of the defense Marco Materazziwho was the author of the Italian goal. The match ended 1-1 and the white side fell in the penalty shootout. Anelka did not pitch; Materazzi failed.
