Even though the second wave of Covid-19 has already caused more deaths in Europe that the first, the Copa del Rey returns this Tuesday with an audience in some fields, in the first round of the competition, where a good number of amateur teams will meet, in a single match, against clubs of First and Second division, except for the four who will contest the Spain Supercup in January: Barcelona, Real Madrid, Athletic and Real Sociedad.
Modest like him CD Marchamalo, UD Tomares, CD Ciudad de Lucena, CD Coria, Ourense CF and Atlético Pulpileño will have today a reduced, but important support from their fans against professional category rivals, in the case of Huesca, Osasuna or Seville, members of LaLiga Santander, such as Lugo, Leganes or Real Oviedoby LaLiga SmartBank.
The constant outbreaks of coronavirus in some areas of Spain They have forced the adoption of control measures that have been hardening in recent weeks as the number of cases has grown rapidly. However, some Third Party clubs will have an audience in their stadiums in this first round and with the possibility of making some 'box', which will not come just to their impoverished economies.
He Pulpileño Athletic Club, a team from the Almeria town of Pulpí, which plays in the Third Division, will receive the CD Lugo, Second Division, with an audience in their stadium. The measures taken by the Covid protocol It obliges the club to comply with all the measures of the Junta de Andalucía and a limited capacity of 400 people in the San Miguel stadium, with a capacity for 2,000 spectators and artificial grass. The price of tickets for non-subscribers is 15 euros and for subscribers, 10.
The CD Marchamalo de Guadalajara, another Third Division, will play today at home against the SD Huesca, a team that this season has returned to First. The 'gallardos' have put 100 tickets on sale, at a price of 20 euros. He Sports Complex of ‘La Solana’ it has a natural grass field and a capacity for a thousand spectators.
CD Tomares receives Osasuna in La Cartuja
The CD Tomares of Seville, set of the Andalusian Division of Honor -the one immediately below the Third-, this Tuesday will also have the encouragement of a part of its fans against Osasuna. The match will be played at La Cartuja Stadium in Seville by not gathering the Municipal of San Sebastián from the town of Tomares the required conditions. There will be a reduced presence of fans, in principle estimated at a maximum of 400 spectators with nominative tickets at the price of 22 euros. La Cartuja has a capacity for 60,000 people.
Sevilla, a Champions team, also visit the City of Lucena, Cordovan Third Division team, with an expected presence of 400 fans. About 300 tickets have been allocated to subscribers, at a price of 50 euros each, and there will be another 100 free for members of this modest club that plays their matches on artificial turf.
The Ourense CF (not to be confused with the historic CD Ourense, which disappeared in 2014), which is a member of Tercera, will receive the Leganes, an exPrimera descended last season to Second. The game will be played in O Couto, a field with capacity for 5,659 fans that today will have a maximum of 975. In mid-September, the Xunta of Galicia legislated the possibility that up to 1,000 spectators could enter the sports venues outdoors.
For his part, CD Coria, another Third Division, will be seen on their land against the historic Real Oviedo. The club from Cáceres will also have an audience on its ‘La Isla’ field, made of synthetic grass and with a capacity for 1,200 spectators. The price of general admission costs 20 euros, while that of the seats for its 600 members is reduced by half (10 euros).
On the other hand, other modest ones will not have the help of their public today. He CD Cantolagua, Third, will receive behind closed doors Real Valladolid, a rival of the highest category. The Navarrese team from Sangüesa will face the pucelanos in the Merkatondoa Stadium (Estella) since the Municipality of Cantolagua did not pass the cut marked by the Spanish Football Federation not having adequate facilities to host a Cup match.
Finally, the Biscayan teams of the Sestao River (3rd) and Club Portugalete (2ªB) will receive this Tuesday at Ponferradina (2nd) and at Tenerife (2nd), respectively, without an audience in their stadiums in Las Llanas and La Florida. Euskadi It is currently one of the autonomies with the worst data due to coronavirus and is among the territories with the most hospital tension.
RFEF Covid-19 Protocol
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) announced on December 2 in Circular No. 36 of the ‘Development of the specific protocol for action against Covid-19 for Cup matches in which teams assigned to professional and non-professional categories face the following measures:
“to. teams assigned to non-professional categories that play matches with professional teams must carry out a antigen test between the tenth and the seventh day prior to the dispute of the match of the Spanish Championship / Copa de S.M. the king”.
“B. Antigen testing should be done all players, coaching staff and staff of non-professional teams that during the day of the match against a professional team are going to stand in the green area of the stadium ”.
“C. The results of the aforementioned tests must be communicated to the RFEF Medical Services before 4:00 p.m. on the seventh day prior to the meeting. These results, in turn, will be sent to the LNFP before 2:00 pm on the sixth day prior to the meeting in question ”.
“D. For their part, the clubs must communicate to the RFEF the results of the latest tests carried out to the professional teams who play against non-professional teams, which have been obtained prior to the dispute of the last day of the National Championship of the First Division League or the National Championship of the Second Division League ”.
More than 48,000 deaths in Spain
Meanwhile, the global figure of deceased by coronavirus in Spain It is situated at just over 48,000 people since the beginning of the pandemic and infections now rise to 1,751,884, according to the latest data collected by the Ministry of Health. In the last week, 646 people with a diagnosis of Covid-19 positive confirmed in Spain.