MADRID, 5 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Real Madrid begins this Monday (7:00 p.m./La 1) at the Cartagonova Municipal Stadium in Cartagena its adventure in the Copa del Rey MAPFRE 2024-25, a single-match tie against Deportiva Minera in which Carlo Ancelotti’s men hope to tie his ticket to the round of 16 of the ‘KO’ competition.
Only three days before facing the semi-final match of the Spanish Super Cup against RCD Mallorca, the white team will have to resolve an a priori simple commitment against an opponent who, however, was capable of eliminating an entire First Division team in the previous round. like Deportivo Alavés, whom they defeated in the penalty shootout.
However, the twenty-time cup champion arrives at the event euphoric after reaching, in his first match of the year at Mestalla (2-3), the leadership of LaLiga EA Sports, an incentive with which to face an intense month of January where It will be a game of finishing in the top eight of the Champions League to avoid competing in the ‘Playoff’ to advance to the second round.
Despite the load of matches, Ancelotti will only leave Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois in Madrid, who will leave his place between the sticks to the Ukrainian Andriy Lunin; and the German defender Antonio Rüdiger, who on Sunday stayed inside the facilities doing gym work. Thus, the two join the absences of the injured David Alaba, Dani Carvajal and Éder Militao.
Opposite, Deportiva Minera, which plays in Group 4 of the Second RFEF, faces the most important clash in its history and will do so again in the ‘exile’ of Cartagonova, where it already left Deportivo Alavés out of competition in the first meeting of Eduardo ‘Chacho’ Coudet at the head of the babazorro team.
In the league competition, the Murcians are eighth, three points away from the ‘Playoff’ zone for promotion, after going four straight games without winning -two draws and two defeats-.