Real Madrid enters the scene. The ball of the white team will already be present in the draw for the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey, after the madridistas were exempted from the two previous qualifying rounds for their participation in the Spanish Super Cup. Zidane's men have six games ahead of them if they want to win a title that, for the moment, is resisting the Frenchman, both as a coach (he did win it in 2014 as Ancelotti's second) and as a player.
The first appointment of the whites will be next January 20. The identity of his first obstacle in the KO tournament will be known today, Friday, January 8, in the draw held at 1:00 p.m. in the Ciudad del Fútbol of Las Rozas. Madrid will be in a drum with the rest of the participants of the Spanish Super Cup, separated from the rest of the First Division teams, and one of the Second B teams will face each other. The candidates to be measured against the whites are: Ibiza, Córdoba, Navalcarnero, Cornellà, Peña Deportiva and Alcoyano. The tie will be played as a single match on the field designated by the Second B team.
The possible rivals of Real Madrid in their debut in the Copa del Rey
Ibiza
Amadeo Salvo, former president of Valencia, has also captained the project to bring professional football to the island from the presidency of UD Ibiza-Eivissa. In the first round, they eliminated Compostela in extra time (2-1) and reached the draw after defeating a first like Celta with forcefulness (5-2). Last season they already faced Barcelona (1-2). Coached by Juan Carlos Carcedo, who was second to Unai Emery for 14 years, the team is the leader of subgroup 3-B.
Cordova
A historical that tries to get out of the well of Second B. One week after hosting the semifinal of the Super Cup between Barcelona and Real Sociedad, El Arcángel will reopen to host elite football. The Blanquiverdes, trained since December by ex-Sevilla player Pablo Alfaro, eliminated Albacete and Getafe by the minimum (1-0 in both cases). The team is second in subgroup 4-B, with 14 points from eight games.
Navalcarnero
The ‘little boat’ lives his cupbearer dream in the year of his return to Segunda B. In the first round he got rid of Badajoz, one of the most powerful teams in the bronze category, and in the second he has accounted for Las Palmas. Both qualifiers were resolved 1-0. Third in subgroup 5-A, he is one of the revelation teams in the entire category. Its coach, the Cuenca Luis Ayllón, has the children of former Madrid player Juan Eduardo Esnáider, Juan and Facundo, in the dressing room.
Cornellà
Those of Guillermo Fernández Romo they starred in the bell of the second round eliminating Atlético de Madrid, after having beaten CD Marino (0-1) at home in the previous round. They already reached the sixteenth six years ago, when they faced Real Madrid precisely. Then they received the whites at the RCDE Stadium, attached to the Municipal where they play their games. Regulars to the playoff the last three seasons, last season they were about to get promotion to Second (Castellón defeated them by the minimum in the final). They are seventh (out of 11 teams) in subgroup 3-A.
Sports Club
The second representative from Ibiza (from the town of Santa Eulalia del Río) in Segunda B also slipped into the round of 32. Those of Raúl Casañ had to reach the penalty shoot-out to eliminate Sabadell. In the previous one they got rid of Tarazona with sufficiency (4-1). Last year they played the playoffs, but this season they are in the eighth of subgroup 3-B.
Alcoyano
Recently promoted to Second B this season, the historic team from Alicante, which already received Madrid eight years ago in this same round, accounted for Huesca (2-1) and before Laredo (4-1). Jony Ñíguez, brother of Atlético Saúl, plays for Vicente Parras' team, which occupies the fourth position in subgroup 3-B.
