'Ovi', manager of Alcoyano, is chased by Real Madrid

In a normal year, without a pandemic, Alcoyano would have saved almost half of its budget with the visit of Real Madrid. For this reason, when the 'fat man' touched the draw, the joy was contained. The Collao will be empty and soulless. Far away will be those full stands that the stadium presented in Madrid's last visit, 8 years ago.

In fact, one of the survivors of that tie is Fernando Ovidio. The manager of the moral club already served as such in 2012. To Ovidio, as he himself says, Madrid “persecutes” him. And is that The white giant has already 'touched' him three times in the Cup, two with Alcoyano and once when he was manager of Alicante, in 2007. “There are many modest clubs that have never had the fortune to face Madrid and I have already had three. When the ball came out I said to myself: Again? (Laughs). It is to be very happy,” says Ovidio to AS.

The happiness of the manager of Alcoyano and his board of directors is not total. In the offices of El Collao they have spent days without sleeping thinking about formulas to get a profit to the visit of Madrid. “In any other situation we could have made a box of 350,000 euros and we could have covered 40% of our budget, but this year it cannot be and we have to look for other solutions, “says Ovidio.

Alcoyano has pulled ingenuity and has released virtual tickets for the “NO party”. The price of the town is 10 euros and is signed by the current Alcoyano staff. The club hopes to reach the collector's heart. In addition, the entity, through its networks, offers advertising space for the El Collao billboards.