Ancelotti fields many very young players against the club from the Spanish fourth division. Then everyone exchanges shirts
On the day of the Reyes Magos and the traditional gift delivery at the Cartagonova in Cartagena, Deportiva Minera participated with passion but very few means in a great party with Madrid as the expected and expected protagonist: Ancelotti’s team debuted in the Copa del Rey by winning 5-0 and reaching the round of 16 without problems.
JERSEYS DRAWN
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The players of the club from El Llano del Beal, a town in the Murcia region with 1337 inhabitants, 520 of whom are members of Minera, with a 2000 seat stadium (which is why the game was played in Cartagena) so as not to argue at the time of the exchange at the end they had drawn lots in advance who to ask for their opponents’ shirts.
TWO DEBUTS
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To face an opponent eighth in his fourth-string group, Ancelotti left Courtois and Rudiger in Madrid and many other protagonists on the bench, giving space to youngsters and second lines. In defense the debut of two Aguados, who are not related: the right back Lorenzo, 22 years old and playing with Castilla in Serie C, and Diego, a 17 year old central defender who plays under Arbeloa in the Youth League. With them also Asencio and Fran Garcia for a defense made up entirely of Canterani. For the rest, Camavinga and Valverde in the middle, Arda Guler, Modric and Brahim behind Endrick.
DOMAIN
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The difference in values on the pitch was exaggerated with goalkeeper Fran Martinez forced to make two great interventions on Arda Guler and Endrick in the first 3 minutes and beaten by Valverde in the 5th minute. Camavinga’s second came in the 13th minute, heading a cross from Fran Garcia. In the 28th minute Arda Guler’s goal, a left-footed shot from the edge deflected by a defender. Between sensational errors from the blancos and good saves from Fran Martinez we reached the break.
GOALS AND CHANGES
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In the second half Ceballos immediately replaced Valverde, a post from Brahim (53′) and Modric’s poker in the 55th minute. Then three more great saves from Fran Martinez and 4 more changes from Ancelotti with the entry of the young Chema, a 19 year old Castilla midfielder also making his debut, Lucas Vazquez and Mbappé and Vinicius to the delight of the paying public. The match gradually faded away, until the final blaze: in the 85th minute Fran Garcia’s cross for Arda Guler’s brace and Madrid’s goal. Then everyone exchanges shirts, in an orderly manner.
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