Copa del Rey: Rafa Mir returns with a goal to relieve Valencia and gets some boos | Copa del Rey 2024

Rafa Mir He jumped back onto a soccer field in Ejea de los Caballeros and managed to release some of the demons he had been carrying for 94 days, when a complaint about an alleged crime of sexual abuse It took him two nights in the dungeon and months in the stands. He did it in the 82nd minute, when the Valencia He defended a 1-2 that seemed short due to Ejea’s push, and the first ball he hit ended up in the back of the goal. With a complex judicial process behind him, the striker returned Ruben Baraja the gesture of forgiveness with a bit and his return only had a few responses boos from the stands.

Valencia needs goals because they seem incapable of closing the games no matter how comfortable they are. With endless rotations, an invented full-back, Fran Pérez, and Pepelu converted to center back, Ejea remained in the game until the 51st minute when the youth squad Iker Córdoba headed a corner at goal. Varela then hit the crossbar with a shot. Ejea stretched again, but found themselves with the second goal, from Dani Gomez. It was then that the Aragonese did the most damage due to errors in defending the set piece. He saved the first chance, he didn’t waste the second one. Gabri Palmas to put the 1-2. That’s why Baraja didn’t wait any longer and pardoned Rafa Mir to score the third goal in the 90th minute that closed the tie and put him in the draw pot.

He will not be Villarrealwho fell in the 87th minute against Pontevedra with a goal from Dalli that expelled Marcelino’s team from the Cup, a competition where they failed to advance. The party stood out in Pasarón for the surprise, that they managed to avoid the Ray and the Betis. He Unionists of Salamanca, a classic in the Cup, put the Vallecano team on the ropes, taking a 2-0 lead at the Reina Sofía in just 20 minutes that they tied in the second half Trejo y Pedro Diaz. When there was a smell of extension, it appeared Embark to make it 2-3, although the people from Salamanca saw a goal disallowed in the last play.

Betis also took advantage of the controversy to emerge alive from the duel against Saint Andrew. Chimy Avila He opened the scoring with a goal that Sergi Serrano neutralized. The tie was broken from the penalty spot. Vitor Roque did not score the maximum penalty, but he appeared Marc Bartra to collect the rebound by shamelessly sneaking into the area before his teammate’s shot. Without VAR, the goal was valid and the tie was closed Go away in added time.

With very short results they passed the round Huescawho beat Nàstic (0-1), the Eldensewho got rid of Cádiz (0-1) and the Almeriawhich beat Cultural Leonesa (1-2). It also ended Racing with Sporting (1-0). The surprise came from Deportivo, who fell in the field of Ourense (1-0).

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