The Club Deportivo Utrillas is measured this Thursday at Valencia in the first round of the Copa del Rey, to continue living the blessed madness that this confrontation in the population has supposed and although it is aware of the few options that there are to go round, it dreams of it.
In turn, the Valencia faces the ‘forced’ match to win given the obvious difference in potential between the two teams but also with the aim that players with few minutes in the League they can have their opportunity to play, the same as some of their homegrown players, although with the regulatory limit that exists.
With a town of 3,000 inhabitants and the entire region of the Mining Basins overturned with an event that is historical for this small town since the cuppa match became known, the entire area has experienced a wonderful madness that no one wants to miss.
Long queues to get a ticket for a golf course The Vega which, with the expansion carried out, has gone from 400 spectators to 2,500 thanks to the placement of additional stands.
Long queues also to get the passport Covid to be able to access the field and illusion for tons because dreaming is free despite the fact that a team of Preferred Regional could eliminate a First seems more than a utopia a delusion, but as the popular saying goes “higher towers have fallen”.
But it is not only the illusion that the Utrillenses followers cling to, but also the fact of playing on an artificial turf field with dimensions smaller than Mestalla That can complicate things for the “che” since, in contrast to the heat that will be experienced in the stands, the weather forecasts warn of a very complicated time.
There are yellow alert notices in this town, which is located at an altitude of almost a thousand meters and a thermal sensation of four below zero is expected at the time of the meeting, in addition to the possibility of a storm with snowfall.
All this forms, in the opinion of the inhabitants of Utrillas, a kind of magic potion of Asterix and Obelix with which to acquire that superhuman strength of the Gallo-Utrillenses in order to defeat the almighty Valencia.
For this match, he will be out of the team he trains Francisco Javier ‘Pitu’ Lerga the hero of the ranking cup, Adrian Hernandez, author of the two goals of his team at Navarro graft and that he saw the second yellow in that match when he celebrated the second goal with the public. Is doubt Zumeta, due to a wrist injury.
For his part, ValenciaWith no European competitions again, he needs to advance rounds in the KO tournament to release players who expected to play more and thus ensure locker room ‘peace’.
In addition, given his progress in the league competition, it is the only tournament in which he has any option of giving some great joy to his people.
The first decision that the technician must make Jose Bordalás it will be under the sticks. It is taken for granted that it will rest Jasper Cillessen and must choose between the young Giorgi Mamardashvili, who was a starter in the league start, the veteran Jaume Doménech, who was under the sticks throughout the 2019 edition that the club conquered, or Cristian Rivero.
The limitation of the subsidiary’s chips that can coincide on the playing field affects this decision to Mamardashvili, who is registered with the Mestalla, as players like Koba Leïn or Jesús Vázquez, who also have options to play.
The match should be an opportunity for players like Manu Vallejo, Jason, Álex Blanco or Marcos André can be claimed in the offensive part of the team, also with an eye on the case of the first three to a possible exit in the winter market.
But the coach’s main problem will be on the defensive line due to the central defender’s injuries. Gabriel Paulista and from the right side Thierry Belt and the sanctions for the match against Celta de Vigo by Mouctar Diakhaby and Dimitri Foulquier who occupy the same position.
Diakhaby I could play this match and form a couple with the player from the lower categories Cesar Tarrega.
Probable lineups:
– Utrilla: Frame; Judez, Diaffara, Edo, Gorgas; Lautaro, Pablo Álvarez, Manu Pérez; Matar, Paki and Ángel Hernández.
– Valencia: Doménech; Piccini, Diakhaby, Tárrega, Jesús Vázquez or Lato; Jason, Racic, Koba Leïn, Álex Blanco; Manu Vallejo and Marcos André.
Referee: Soto Grado (La Rioja Committee).
Countryside: The Vega.
Hour: 19.30.
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